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Prolapsed intervertebral disc with sciatica: the role of common peroneal nerve block.

Abstract
A total of 210 patients of Lumbar disc prolapse with sciatica were given common peroneal block by infiltrating 2% xylocaine around the common peroneal nerve 3 cm below the head of fibula on the affected side. After receiving the block the pain decreased on from grade 2.99 +/- 0.46 to 0.91 +/- 0.99, and straight leg raising increased from 32.1 +/- 12.55 to 59.66 +/- 12.11 degrees. The method, as an outpatient procedure, has been found to be simple and useful in the patients of sciatica with prolapsed lumbar intervertebral disc potentially appropriate for a low-resource setting.
AuthorsS S Sangwan, Rajeev Mittal, Z S Kundu, R C Siwach, Soneet Aggarwal, R K Garg
JournalTropical doctor (Trop Doct) Vol. 35 Issue 3 Pg. 172-4 (Jul 2005) ISSN: 0049-4755 [Print] England
PMID16105349 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Lidocaine
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement (complications)
  • Lidocaine
  • Low Back Pain (drug therapy, etiology)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nerve Block (methods)
  • Peroneal Nerve
  • Sciatica (drug therapy, etiology)

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