Swelling of the Leg, Deep Venous Thrombosis and the Piriformis Syndrome
BACKGROUND: The piriformis syndrome, which was first described 60 years ago, is a well recognized cause of sciatica, leg pain and low back pain, due to the entrapment of the sciatic nerve in the piriformis and other rotator muscles. Very few complications relating to this syndrome have been describe...
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| description | BACKGROUND: The piriformis syndrome, which was first described 60 years ago, is a well recognized cause of sciatica, leg pain and low back pain, due to the entrapment of the sciatic nerve in the piriformis and other rotator muscles. Very few complications relating to this syndrome have been described. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-af827f470b11491a9bc2fa746b3a66c92025-02-03T01:25:51ZengWileyPain Research and Management1203-67652001-01-016420020310.1155/2001/104091Swelling of the Leg, Deep Venous Thrombosis and the Piriformis SyndromeSara Bustamante0Peter G Houlton1Department of Anaesthetics, St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey, United KingdomDepartment of Anaesthetics, St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey, United KingdomBACKGROUND: The piriformis syndrome, which was first described 60 years ago, is a well recognized cause of sciatica, leg pain and low back pain, due to the entrapment of the sciatic nerve in the piriformis and other rotator muscles. Very few complications relating to this syndrome have been described.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/104091 |
| spellingShingle | Sara Bustamante Peter G Houlton Swelling of the Leg, Deep Venous Thrombosis and the Piriformis Syndrome Pain Research and Management |
| title | Swelling of the Leg, Deep Venous Thrombosis and the Piriformis Syndrome |
| title_full | Swelling of the Leg, Deep Venous Thrombosis and the Piriformis Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Swelling of the Leg, Deep Venous Thrombosis and the Piriformis Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Swelling of the Leg, Deep Venous Thrombosis and the Piriformis Syndrome |
| title_short | Swelling of the Leg, Deep Venous Thrombosis and the Piriformis Syndrome |
| title_sort | swelling of the leg deep venous thrombosis and the piriformis syndrome |
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