Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society  2011;15(3):170-174

Compression Neuropathy of Superficial Peroneal Nerve and Deep Peroneal Nerve Following Acupuncture Treatment: A Case Report.

Yu Mi KIM 1

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Keywords

Compression neuropathy; Superficial and deep peroneal nerve; Acupuncture

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Acupuncture has been widely used to treat a variety of disease and symptoms. But various complications have been reported. Among them, peripheral nerve injuries have been reported less frequently than other complications. The purpose of this report is to describe what we believe to be the first case of delayed superficial and deep peroneal nerve compressive neuropathy caused by fibrotic mass formed by neglected broken acupuncture needle.