BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Sciatica is a common clinical condition that can be extremely painful, disabling and life-changing. Whether conservative or surgical treatment for sciatica secondary to an intervertebral disc prolapse is most effective is still much debated. An important component of conservative treatment is physiotherapy, which aims to promote physical and psychological health for the p...

BACKGROUND Sciatica is a type of neuropathic pain that is characterised by pain radiating into the leg. It is often accompanied by low back pain and neurological deficits in the lower limb. While this condition may cause significant suffering for the individual, the lack of evidence supporting effective treatments for sciatica makes clinical management difficult. Our objectives are to determine...

Schwannomas are rarely seen on the sciatic nerve and can cause sciatica. In this case report we aimed to present an unusual location of schwannoma along sciatic nerve that causes sciatica. A 60-years-old-man was admitted to us with complaints of pain on his thigh and paresthesia on his foot. Radiography of the patient revealed a solitary lesion on the sciatic nerve. The lesion was excised and t...

Sciatica is a common clinical presentation with a number of etiological factors. Many of them are innocuous like prolapsed intervertebral disc or peripheral compression in the sciatic nerve. Occasionally the cause could be of a more serious nature like a nerve sheath tumor or more infrequently, lymphomatosis. We describe recurrent lymphoma in a patient who had been in remission presented with s...

Pelvic masses, especially hydatid disease, rarely present with sciatica (1, 2). We present the computed tomography (CT) and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of a 49-year-old female patient with presacral hydatid disease, who was evaluated for her sciatica. We also want to emphasize the importance of assessing the pelvis of patients with symptoms and clinical findings that are incon...

1 Mehmet Sukru Sahin1, Tarkan Ergun2, Hatice Lakadamyalı2, Gokhan Cakmak1, Mehmet Fethi Ceylan3 Alanya Başkent Üniversitesi Uygulama ve Araştırma Hastanesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Bölümü1, Radyoloji Bölümü2, Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Bölümü3, Türkiye Ekstraspinal Siyatikanın Etiyolojik Dağılımı / Etiological Distribution of Extraspinal Sciatica Evaluation of the Inciden...

Objective The superior cluneal nerve (SCN) may become entrapped where it pierces the thoracolumbar fascia over the iliac crest; this can cause low back pain (LBP) and referred pain radiating into the posterior thigh, calf, and occasionally the foot, producing the condition known as "pseudo-sciatica." Because the SCN was thought to be a cutaneous branch of the lumbar dorsal rami, originating fro...

STUDY DESIGN Between 1982 and 1997, the authors treated 32 patients with sciatica who subsequently were found to have a tumor along the extraspinal course of the sciatic nerve. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Extraspinal compression of the sciatic nerve by a tumor is a rare cause of sciatica. Signs and symptoms overlap those of the more common causes of sciatica (i.e., herniated disc and spinal st...

It is commonly accepted that the common cause of acute/chronic pain in the distribution of the lumbosacral nerve roots is the herniation of a lumbar intervertebral disc, unless proven otherwise. The surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation is successful in radicular pain and prevents or limits neurological damage in the majority of patients. Recurrence of sciatica after a successful disc su...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of early lumbar disc surgery compared with prolonged conservative care for patients with sciatica over two years of follow-up. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Nine Dutch hospitals. PARTICIPANTS 283 patients with 6-12 weeks of sciatica. INTERVENTIONS Early surgery or an intended six months of continued conservative treatment, with delayed su...