Effect of Lower Extremity Nerve Decompression in Patients With Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: The Diabetic Neuropathy Nerve Decompression Randomized, Observation Group and Placebo Surgery-Controlled Clinical Trial.
Shai M RozenGil I WolfeSteven VerninoPhilip RaskinLinda S HynanKathleen WyneRita FulmerGeetha PandianShiv K SharmaAhneesh J MohantyCristina V SanchezAustin HembdApril GormanPublished in: Annals of surgery (2024)
Although nerve decompression was associated with reduced pain, the benefit of surgical decompression needs further investigation as a placebo effect may be responsible for part or all of these effects.