Tarsal tunnel syndrome following an ankle fracture

The Effect of Medial and Lateral Calcaneal Osteotomies on the Tarsal Tunnel

“…Often patients demonstrate a positive Tinel sign along the course of the tibial nerve, and become more symptomatic with dorsiflexion and eversion at the ankle. 7 Although multiple causes of tarsal tunnel syndrome have been described, including trauma, 11,13 space occupying lesions, 9,17 infection, 2 systemic diseases, 15,16 external compression, 11,19 and ischemia, 1 few reports make any mention of compressive or traction neuropathy as a direct potential result of corrective osteotomy. This mechanism, however, has on 2 occasions been observed by the senior author as the likeliest reason for transient postoperative neuropathy after otherwise uneventful calcaneal tuber translation.…”

Short-Term Operative Outcome of Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Due to Benign Space-Occupying Lesions

“…12 The possible causes include bony prominence, trauma, generalized leg edema, varus or valgus of hindfoot, soft tissue tumor such as ganglion, lipoma, neurogenic tumor, varicose vein or venous congestion, tenosynovitis, perineural fibrosis, generalized inflammatory arthritis, diabetes and hypertrophied flexor retinaculum. 1,2,6,9,10,13,14,19,21 In this study, ganglion was the most common cause seen in ten cases (77%) out of 13. Generally it has been known that bilateral tarsal tunnel syndrome is rare in contrast to the carpal tunnel syndrome 8 .…”

Ergebnisse der Dekompression beim Engpass-Syndrom des N. tibialis im Tarsaltunnel

“…Hierzu zählen Lipome, ausgeprägte Venenplexus, Ganglien, synoviale Zysten oder Exostosen (Tab. 1) (Belding 1993, Boyer et al 1995, Wieman/Patel 1995, Kucukdeveci et al 1995, Muhammed et al 1995, O'Sullivan et al 1992, Takakura et al 1991.…”