Failure of surgical decompression for a presumed case of piriformis syndrome. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 652-654

  Spinner, R J ^a   Thomas, N M ^a   Kline, D G ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical variation; Piriformis syndrome; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; MUSCLE; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034872484     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2001.94.4.0652     Document Type: Article

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3. Contribution to the etiological explanation of the piriformis syndrome
4. Sciatic entrapment neuropathy associated with an anomalous piriformis muscle