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Delayed sciatic nerve compression following hamstring injury

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A 47-year-old man presented three months post-hamstring injury with posterior thigh and buttock pain, paraesthesia over the lateral part of the leg and dorsum of the foot and a foot drop. MRI identified a hamstring muscle injury with a lesion surrounding 20 cm of the proximal sciatic nerve consistent with an extensive haematoma. Surgical debridement and release was planned; however, his signs spontaneously resolved with rest, physiotherapy and splintage prior to surgery. There have been no other reports of a sciatic nerve lesion with neurological signs resolving without surgical exploration.

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  1. C/O Ward 2, Altnagelvin Area Hopital, Western Health and Social Care Trust, Glenshane Road, Londonderry, BT47 6SB, Northern Ireland, UK

    J. Macdonald, S. E. McMahon, D. O’Longain & J. D. Acton

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Macdonald, J., McMahon, S.E., O’Longain, D. et al. Delayed sciatic nerve compression following hamstring injury. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 28, 305–308 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-017-2029-2

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