Practice Advisory, June 2006

Due to the controversial nature of this treatment, the large number of patients with diabetes mellitus (estimated 18.2 million in the United States), and the typically progressive and irreversible nature of diabetic neuropathy, the Therapeutics and Technology Subcommittee of the AAN posed the question, “Is there evidence to support the use of decompressive surgery in the treatment of diabetic neuropathy?”

Retired on July 12, 2024.