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Originally Posted by glenntaj,
--4mm by 8mm incision is NOT standard for a skin biopsy, which is generally a 3mm diameter, 1mm thick sample.
Given the location, it sounds more like they did the more invasive sural nerve biopsy to me.
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Originally Posted by DavidHC
Mine was 3x1 too. 4x8 seems quite different, indicating inexperience or an entirely different biopsy.
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Originally Posted by Cliffman
It does sounds as if you may have had an actual nerve biopsy as opposed to a skin biopsy, which is not really invasive. That said, I'm no expert but I did have a skin biopsy. Perhaps you can go back to your doctor to double check what they did...either way I'm sorry to hear you have damage from the test.
Cliffman 
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Thanks for the replies.
According to the refferal and the test's results I am sure that I had a skin biopsy and not a nerve biopsy.
From what you wrote here and what I have previously read in this forum , it seems that my skin biopsy was done by a butcher!! It makes me furious