[Symptomatic neuroma of the sural nerve a rare complication of

Arq Neuropsiquiatr · Sep 2002

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[Symptomatic neuroma of the sural nerve a rare complication of the harvesting of the nerve for grafting: case report].

The harvesting of the sural nerve for autologous grafting usually produces symptoms of low intensity and short duration. In rare occasions that procedure may lead to the formation of a symptomatic neuroma in the proximal stump. ⋯ In this paper we present the case of a patient with a sural nerve neuroma submitted to surgical treatment by a variant of the centro-central anastomosis technique, developed for the treatment of amputation neuromas, that resulted in remission of the painful symptomatology. The different options of surgical treatment for this rare entity are discussed.

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- Roberto S Martins, Mario G Siqueira, and Antonio João Tedesco-Marchese.
- Grupo de Cirurgia do Sistema Nervoso Periférico, Divisão da Neurocirurgia, Hospital das Clínicas, FM, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. robar@ig.com.br
- Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2002 Sep 1;60(3-B):866-8.
AbstractThe harvesting of the sural nerve for autologous grafting usually produces symptoms of low intensity and short duration. In rare occasions that procedure may lead to the formation of a symptomatic neuroma in the proximal stump. The symptoms of this complication are usually controlled by clinical treatment and the surgical procedure is left for the therapeutic failures. In this paper we present the case of a patient with a sural nerve neuroma submitted to surgical treatment by a variant of the centro-central anastomosis technique, developed for the treatment of amputation neuromas, that resulted in remission of the painful symptomatology. The different options of surgical treatment for this rare entity are discussed.

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