TY  - JOUR
A1  - ,  
T1  - Clinical anatomy of the superficial peroneal nerve in the distal leg
JO  - Eur. J. Anat.
SN  - 1136-4890
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 7
SP  - 15
EP  - 20
UR  - http://www.eurjanat.com/web/paper.php?id=03S10015
KW  - anatomical variation
KW  - anatomy
KW  - article
KW  - clinical practice
KW  - female
KW  - fibula
KW  - human
KW  - human tissue
KW  - innervation
KW  - leg
KW  - male
KW  - peroneus nerve
KW  - reliability
KW  - superficial peroneal nerve
KW  - surgical anatomy
KW  - tibia
N2  - Applied anatomy of the superficial peroneal nerve in real clinical situations requires a good knowledge of the anatomical relationships and their common variations. Here we present an anatomoclinical description not only of the normal superficial peroneal nerve but also of its different variations with surgical implications based on twelve lower limbs. In order to gain some landmarks, the followings measurements were taken: a) distance from the upper end of the fibular head to the lower eminence of the lateral malleolus; b) number of branches from the nerve when it emerges through the superficial sural fascia; c) distance from the nerve emergence point to the lateral malleolus; d) distance from the nerve division to the lateral malleolus. We also recorded the site were the nerve pierces the sural fascia from the anterior or lateral muscular compartment. The data obtained seem to be sufficiently reliable for usual clinical practice, but it must be taken into account that frequent and important variations may occur.
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