Korean J Pain.  2009 Aug;22(2):186-190. 10.3344/kjp.2009.22.2.186.

Ultrasound-Guided Sciatic Nerve Block for the Treatment of Radiation Therapy Induced Sciatic Neuritis: A case report

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. painfree@snubh.org
  • 2Department of Anesthesiology and Pain, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Sciatic nerve block is frequently used for anesthesia or analgesia during lower leg surgery or chronic lower leg pain syndrome. Recently, a lot of ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block has been reported because there are several benefits compared to blind technique. We performed ultrasound-guided right sciatic nerve block successfully to the patient who has been suffering from right buttock pain after previous radiation therapy.

Keyword

radiation therapy; sciatic nerve block; ultrasound

MeSH Terms

Analgesia
Anesthesia
Buttocks
Humans
Leg
Peripheral Nerves
Sciatic Nerve
Stress, Psychological
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