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Proximal Sciatic Nerve Entrapment

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Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

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Because the sciatic nerve is the longest single nerve in the body, there are multiple sites where nerve entrapment may occur. The sciatic nerve may mimic hip pathology, sacroiliitis, hamstring muscle strain, and piriformis syndrome.

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  1. Interventional Pain Management, Lemper Pain Center, United Care Centers, Las Vegas, NV, USA

    Annemarie E. Gallagher MD

  2. Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Amitabh Gulati MD (Director of Chronic Pain)

  3. Illinois Pain Institute, Elgin, IL, USA

    Terri Dallas-Prunskis MD

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Gallagher, A.E., Gulati, A., Dallas-Prunskis, T. (2016). Proximal Sciatic Nerve Entrapment. In: Trescot, A.M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9_65

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