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.

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 ...

The main symptom of peroneal tendonitis is swelling and pain around the ankle. You may also have pain on the outside of the foot and moving up the lower leg, making it hard for you to run or walk.

Sometimes, the pain can be intense. The sciatic nerve starts in the lower back, travels down the back of the leg, and ends at the knee where it branches into the tibial and common peroneal nerves.

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Doctors are using a nerve-freezing procedure to relieve post-surgery incision pain in people undergoing knee replacements. Curt Bazemore of Forsyth County, Georgia, says the procedure numbed his ...