The superficial peroneal nerve branches off from the sciatic nerve, or the common peroneal nerve, which ultimately winds around the head of the fibula, or shinbone, near the knee. The superficial ...

The fibula is the longest, thinnest calf bone in your lower leg. Of your two lower leg bones, your fibula is closest to the outside of your body. When you break this bone, it's called a fibular ...

People with fibular hemimelia are born with certain leg deformities or abnormalities. If your child has fibula hemimelia, they might have trouble walking or standing and will need medical treatments ...

The common peroneal nerve courses superficial to the lateral border of the fibula and 1 cm to 2 cm distal to the head of the fibula before it goes through an intermuscular septum. Once the common ...

The deep peroneal nerve makes up one section of the common peroneal nerve. The common peroneal nerve runs alongside the sciatic nerve, from the femur to the buttocks. It then courses further down on ...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A Fulton County jury awarded $4 million to a woman who suffered a severed superficial peroneal nerve following an open reduction internal fixation surgery performed by Dr.