Incidence and Management of Sural Neuritis Post-Peroneal Tendon Repair – Case Series

BackgroundSural neuritis is a recognized and common complication resulting from iatrogenic injury, postsurgical or posttraumatic fibrosis, traction injury, or chronic nerve compression.Previously in a case series by Stockton and Brodsky, sural neuritis was reported as a complication in 16.6% of the patients who underwent peroneal tendon repair.Patients with sural neuritis often report pain and tingling in the distribution of the sural nerve along the lateral posterior leg, lateral foot, and the fifth digit.Symptoms of sural neuritis could be intense and debilitating, necessitating prompt recognition and treatment. MethodPatients who underwent peroneal tendon repair between January 2022 to January 2024 by a single surgeon were included in this retrospective case series.Medical charts of the patients included in the study were reviewed.Demographics for all