Anatomical causes of compression of the sciatic nerve in the pelvis. Piriform syndrome.

Revista española de cirugía ortopédica y traumatología
C MarcoP Agulló

Abstract

The piriformis syndrome is one of the etiologies of pelvic pain due to the sciatic nerve's entrapment by the piriformis muscle. Nowadays this syndrome might be difficult to be diagnosed. The aim of this study is to know the prevalence of anatomic variations in our population that may contribute to the appearance of piriformis syndrome. Furthermore, anthropometric measurements of the piriformis muscle and the sciatic nerve procedures are studied for a possible application in the gluteal region. The study was carried out in 59 pelvis of 32 cryopreserved bodies. The anatomical variations of piriformis and sciatic nerve founded were described following the Beaton and Anson's classification. Anthropometric measurements of both structures with reference to the greater trochanter of the femur were performed. The sciatic nerve and the piriformis had an anatomical variation in a 28.13%. The most frequent variation found was tipus II (21.64%) and tipus III (6.49%).Insertion most frequently observed was an independent piriformis tendon inserted into the trochanteric fossa with 53.85%. The anatomic variations' incidence in the population studied indicates that those have to be evaluated as a differential diagnosis of gluteal region pain du...Continue Reading

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