Compartmental anatomy of the superficial fibular nerve with an emphasis on fascial release operations of the leg

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-52

  Apaydin, Nihal ^a,b   Basarir, Kerem ^a   Loukas, Marios ^b,c   Tubbs, R Shane ^d   Uz, Aysun ^a   Kinik, Hakan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Compartmental anatomy; Fasciotomy; Lower leg; Superficial fibular nerve; Superficial peroneal nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR TIBIAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; FASCIA; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERONEAL NERVE;

EID: 49049113963     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-007-0284-3     Document Type: Article

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