how to cite this article: toopchizadeh v, barzegar m, habibzadeh a. sciatic nerve injection palsy in children, electrophysiologic pattern and outcome: a case series study. iran j child neurol. summer 2015;9(3):69-72. abstract sciatic nerve injury is one of the frequent mononeuropathies in children that occurs due to different causes such as nerve compression, trauma and stretch during surgery. ...

I n the report by Yin et al, 1 the statement that “many clinicians may misinterpret these directions (in paliperidone palmitate product monograph) to mean that these intramuscular sites (deltoid or gluteal) are interchangeable, and thus therapeutically equivalent” is, in our opinion, not correct. We are writing to clarify some statements from the Yin et al article concerning the deltoid versus ...

The most common surgical techniques performed for gluteal augmentation employ the use of implants and a combination of liposuction/lipo-injection procedures. We review the major literature concerning this subject with emphasis on gluteal implants, the various indications, surgical techniques and complications are discussed and we present some of our cases. Contour reconstruction, indications su...

Nicolau syndrome is a rare complication of intramuscular injection that leads to local ischemic necrosis of the skin and adipose tissue. In this paper, we discuss etiologies, risk factors, and treatment options for gluteal Nicolau syndrome referring to patients treated in our hospital. Our study includes 17 women who visited our clinic with symptoms of gluteal necrosis secondary to intramuscula...

Background Two open-label, randomized, parallel-arm studies compared pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of aripiprazole once-monthly 400 mg following deltoid vs gluteal injection in patients with schizophrenia. Methods In the single-dose study, 1 injection of aripiprazole once-monthly 400 mg in the deltoid (n=17) or gluteal (n=18) muscle (NCT01646827) was administered. In the multiple...

We studied healthy men who underwent blood sampling for plasma nandrolone, testosterone and inhibin measurements before and for 32 days after a single i.m. injection of 100 mg of nandrolone ester in arachis oil. Twenty-three men were randomized into groups receiving nandrolone phenylpropionate (group 1, n = 7) or nandrolone decanoate (group 2, n = 6) injected into the gluteal muscle in 4 ml of ...

Tissue fibrosis is a known complication of intramuscular injections, which is especially seen in children due to vaccinations and injections. Herein we report a case of post injection gluteal fibrosis that had undergone two unsuccessful lumbar discectomies to treat the symptoms of this disease.A 45 years old male patient was consulted to our clinic from the department of neurochirurgy with comp...

AIM The purpose of the study was to analyze the cases discussed in High Health Council (HHC) and to determine the solutions for the problems on gluteal intramuscular injection (IMI) applications. MATERIAL AND METHODS In the 9 year period, the cases of IMI related sciatic nerve injury (SNI) sending to take an opinion the Turkey HHC were reviewed. Cases were analyzed in demographic information,...