In such cases, presence of clinical characteristics suggestive of CIDP are critical, justifying full investigations, including sural nerve biopsy.
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Mostly the great auricular nerve or sural nerve is used as a graft between the two facial nerve stumps.
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The sural nerve is rather superficial, which makes it more accessible to surgeons, therefore it is relatively easier than other procedures.
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They carefully sew the sural nerve piece onto each end of the nerve stumps, creating a bridge between the nerve fibers.
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Also, due to its superficial properties, the sural nerve is also easily blocked at multiple levels at or above the ankle.
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Patten said he favored extensive hospital testing, including biopsies of the bicep muscle and the sural nerve, which runs through the ankle.
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Nerve conduction studies performed on healthy adults revealed that age is negatively associated with the sensory amplitude measures of the Sural nerves.
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This pathology test is becoming available in select labs as well as many universities; it replaces the traditional sural nerve biopsy test as less invasive.
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The sural nerve is joined by fibres from the common fibular nerve and runs down the calf to supply the lateral side of the foot.
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To repair the damage, doctors adept at reconstructive microsurgery take out a piece of the sural nerve, which runs along the ankle, and fill in the gap.
