Piriformis syndrome in a patient after cesarean section under spinal anesthesia

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 364-367

  Vallejo, Manuel C ^a   Mariano, Dean J ^a   Kaul, Bupesh ^a   Sah, Neera ^a   Ramanathan, Sivam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Piriformis syndrome; Sacroiliitis; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; GLUCOSE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY POSITION; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBROMA; HIP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHIALGIA; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE COMPRESSION; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCIATIC NERVE; SITTING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; WEIGHT BEARING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BUTTOCKS; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PAIN; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SYNDROME;

EID: 3242879674     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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