Piriformis and Related Entrapment Syndromes: Diagnosis & Management

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 609-622

  Filler, Aaron G ^a,b  

^a Institute for Nerve Medicine   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurography; Open MRI; Piriformis syndrome; Pudendal neuralgia; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; MUSCLE RESECTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SHAM PROCEDURE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55749088604     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2008.07.029     Document Type: Review

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