Discover the important functions of your sural nerve in sensation and balance, plus how doctors use it to diagnose and treat conditions throughout the body.

Now a procedure called sural nerve grafting is gaining in popularity for its ability to make surgery a more sex-life-friendly choice.

The sural nerve provides sensation for the outer side of the foot and once it is removed, sensation will most likely be permanently lost, or possibly just altered, on the outer side of the foot.

Current methods for repairing nerve injuries can be hit-and-miss. For the first time, researchers have combined two kinds of silk - from silkworms and spiders - to create a promising ...

Despite the notion that nerve surgery research has plateaued in the past several decades, some surgeons view timely, precise diagnostics and a new wave of research as a viable path to improved ...