Post-operative Extra-spinal Etiologies of Sciatic Nerve Impingement

Overview

Journal Skeletal Radiol

Specialties Orthopedics
Radiology

Date 2018 Feb 10

PMID 29423723

Citations 3

Authors

Jonathan A Flug

Alissa Burge

Darius Melisaratos

Theodore T Miller

John A Carrino

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Abstract

Sciatica is a highly prevalent cause of morbidity, commonly resulting from intra-spinal pathological processes. Many cases can have extra-spinal etiologies and can be clinically challenging. Certain scenarios should suggest an extra-spinal etiology, particularly total and revision hip arthroplasty, surgical hip dislocation, hip arthroscopy, and surgery in the lithotomy position. We review the post-operative clinical scenarios where sciatic neuropathy may occur, along with the pertinent imaging findings.

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