A positive Tinel sign as predictor of pain relief or sensory recovery after decompression of chronic tibial nerve compression in patients with diabetic neuropathy

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 235-239

  Dellon, A Lee ^a,b   Muse, Vicki L ^b   Scott, Nickerson D ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dellon Institute for Peripheral Nerve Surgery   (United States)

^c Northeast Wyoming Wound Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetic neuropathy; neurolysis; Tinel sign

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; POSITIVE TINEL SIGN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TIBIAL NERVE COMPRESSION; TOUCH; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANKLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; SENSATION; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 84860838920     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1306371     Document Type: Article

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