THE SUPERFICIAL PERONEAL TUNNEL-SYNDROME - RESULTS OF TREATMENT BY DECOMPRESSION

We diagnosed entrapment of the superficial peroneal nerve in 17 patien ts (19 legs) with a mean age of 41 years. In all cases, plain radiogra phs of the leg, nerve-conduction studies of the superficial peroneal n erve and measurement of the intramuscular pressure at rest after exerc ise were normal. Diagnostic tests for nerve compression during rest af ter exercise produced pain and clinical signs in all. We performed dec ompression of the superficial peroneal tunnel in 14 patients and local fasciectomy in three. Fourteen patients (80%) were free from symptoms or satisfied with the result.