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Table 1 Fractionated motor neurography results of the peroneal nerves of the patient in case 1

From: Iatrogenic sciatic nerve injury during liposuction and fat tissue grafting: a preventable surgical complication with devastating patient outcomes

Right Peroneal Nerve

Left Peroneal Nerve

Recording site: Extensor digitorum brevis

Recording site: Extensor digitorum brevis

Stimulus site

Latency (ms)

Duration (ms)

Amplitude (mV)

Stimulus site

Latency (ms)

Duration (ms)

Amplitude (mV)

Ankle

3.5

8.5

2.2

Ankle

3.2

6.2

7.0

Fibula (head)

11.0

9.3

2.0

Fibula (head)

9.2

6.4

6.5

Popliteal fossa

12.6

9.4

2.4

Popliteal fossa

10.9

6.5

6.7

  1. For both nerves, the extensor digitorum brevis was selected as the recording site, and the latency (ms), duration (ms) and amplitude (mV) were measured across three different stimulus sites. Note the decreased amplitudes and increased durations of the wave forms on the right Peroneal Nerve
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Patient Safety in Surgery

ISSN: 1754-9493