Persistent sciatica induced by quadratus femoris muscle tear and treated by surgical decompression: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bano, Artan ^a   Karantanas, Apostolos ^a   Pasku, Dritan ^a   Datseris, George ^b   Tzanakakis, George ^b   Katonis, Pavlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; EXERCISE; FADIR TEST; FALLING; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GREEK (CITIZEN); HEMATOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY; LASEGUE TEST; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRATUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REHABILITATION; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATICA; SITTING; SOLID MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040740886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-236     Document Type: Article

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