Grøvle, Lars Hasvik, Eivind Holst, Rene Haugen, Anne Julsrud
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Trials
Background Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used to treat sciatica, despite insufficient evidence from placebo-controlled trials. NSAIDs may cause serious side effects; hence, there is a strong need to clarify their potential beneficial effects in patients with sciatica. Methods This is a multicentre, randomized, placebo-con...
Deshpande, Shailesh V. Deshpande, Vaishali S. Bhosale, Ashutosh Kadam, Maruti
Published in
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
Acute prolapsed inter-vertebral disc (IVDP) is a painful condition that requires immediate treatment by conservative or surgical management. Though majority of patients show remission in symptoms with conservative treatment, regression of herniated disc with non-surgical management has been rarely reported. A 46 years old female patient with acute ...
Alshami, Ali M Alshammari, Tadhi K AlMuhaish, Mona I Hegazi, Tarek M Tamal, Mahbubunnabi Abdulla, Fuad A
Published in
Journal of ultrasound
Ankle movement is used as a sensitizing maneuver for sciatica during neurodynamic techniques. In vivo studies on the sciatic nerve biomechanics associated with ankle movement during different positions of neighboring joints are scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate sciatic nerve excursion during ankle dorsiflexion in different positions ...
Yamada, Naoto Kumagai, Motoi Suzuki, Kenji S
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JA clinical reports
Sciatica is commonly caused by lumbar spinal disease. However, it can also be caused by tumors, infectious diseases, or muscle entrapment. We present a case of sciatica caused by a lymphocele after renal transplantation. A 50-year-old man who had undergone renal transplantation presented with sciatica and low back pain without leg edema. The patien...
Gadjradj, Pravesh S Arjun Sharma, Jamie R J Harhangi, Biswadjiet S
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Acta neurochirurgica
Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) is increasing in popularity as a minimally invasive procedure to treat sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation. The objective of the current study is to evaluate safety of and satisfaction with the use of local anesthesia and conscious sedation during PTED. During a 12-month inclusion perio...
León, José G. Manent, Lluís Lewis, Kathleen Angulo, Orlando
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The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 42-year-old Final Diagnosis: The disc extrusion at L4–L5 was totally resorbed and improvement in the L3–L4 and L4–L5 disc bulges Symptoms: Bilateral trapezius pain • right brachialgia • constant chronic lumbalgia • right sciatica • gait claudication • paresthesia and dysesthesias in the lower limbs with associated pain and numbness i...
Raymaekers, Vincent Bamps, Sven Duyvendak, Wim Put, Eric Roosen, Gert Vanvolsem, Steven Wissels, Maarten Vanneste, Sven De Ridder, Dirk Plazier, Mark
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Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
The aim of this study was to identify and describe clusters of patients with similar characteristics presenting with sciatica caused by a lumbar disc herniation in secondary care. Forty-six percent (n = 163) of the eligible patients (n = 352) completed all questionnaires and were included in a hierarchical cluster analysis. The analysis was based o...
Ferreira, Giovanni E. Zadro, Joshua O'Keeffe, Mary Chen, Meilin Gao, Yiyi Hu, Ziqi Zhang, Ziyun Harris, Ian A. Maher, Chris G.
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Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
Background It is unknown whether online information about the benefits and harms of surgery contains an accurate description of evidence. Objective To describe the proportion of webpages containing information about surgery for spinal pain (decompression and fusion) that accurately described the evidence on the benefits of surgery, described harms,...
Akremi, Mohamed Seddik Eddine Bellil, Mehdi Souissi, Meriem Zaibi, Mohamed Balti, Walid Salah, Mohamed Ben
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International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
• A gluteal hydatid cyst is rare. • Sciatica complicating a hydatid cyst is exceptional. • Surgical treatement is available. • Functional outcome is usually good.
Allison, C M Bonanos, G Varma, A
Published in
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Symptomatic bilateral juxtafacet ganglion cysts are relatively uncommon in the degenerated spine. The literature describes 16 cases of bilateral ganglion or synovial cysts, none reported sciatica and neurogenic claudication simultaneously. We present a case of a 60-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of bilateral sciatica and neurogenic clau...
