Surgeons used to think that fascia is a tissue that just covered organs, muscles, and bones. Now, though, the medical world has expanded the definition to include tissue that surrounds all of the ...

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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. The superficial ...

Fasciotomy is a surgical procedure where the fascia is cut to relieve the compartmental pressure in patients with compartment syndrome of the limbs. Fascia is a tough limiting inelastic fibrous ...