The sural nerve, positioned beneath the skin’s surface in the back of your lower leg, plays a critical role in your body’s sensory network. As a component of the peripheral nervous system, this nerve ...

A nerve biopsy involves the process of removing a small length of a peripheral nerve for histologic examination under the microscope. Several nerves can be biopsied but the major requirement for ...

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, a condition in which diabetes mellitus damages nerves in the body, leading to chronic pain, affects roughly 37 million people in the United States and 460 million ...