Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a compression neuropathy of the posterior tibial nerve at the ankle. It is also called posterior tibial nerve
Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a rarely reported entrapment neuropathy of the deep peroneal nerve under the extensor retinaculum at the ankle. Entrapment neuropathy is a form of compression neuropathy.
The roof of the tunnel is the inferior extensor retinaculum. The floor is the fascia overlying the talus and navicular. Within the tunnel are four tendons,...
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