Search for: [Abstract = "than 20 years of experience in ultrasound examination. The tibial nerve, its bifurcation point, the medial plantar nerve, the lateral plantar nerve and the medial calcaneal branches origin were marked on the skin. Then two parallel reference lines were drawn\: first crossing the tip of the medial malleolus, second crossing the posterior superior tip of the calcaneal tuberosity. Distances from the reference lines to the tibial nerve bifurcation line and to the medial calcaneal branches origin lines were measured with the caliper. Medial calcaneal branches were also analyzed with regards to the number of branches and nerve of origin. Second part of the study was conducted on 60 lower limbs of the fresh cadavers and on 21 lower legs of the fresh\-frozen cadavers. Meticulous dissection revealed the tibial nerve, its bifurcation and lateral and medial plantar nerves which were excised and fixed in a 10% solution of the formaldehyde \(pH 7.4\). Next each nerve were dehydrated, embedded in paraffin and transverse sectioned on a 2 μm thick slice. Subsequently each slice was stained with haematoxylin and eosin. The cross\-sectional area \(CSA\) and the number of nerve bundles of the tibial nerve, the medial plantar nerve and the lateral plantar nerve were assessed using a light microscope \(Olympus BX53, 20 x magnification\). Each cross\-section was measured semi\-automatically using Olympus ce"]

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