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The Piriformis Syndrome: Evaluation of Seven Cases
- Source :
- Cihan University-Erbil Scientific Journal. 3:71-74
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Cihan University of Erbil, 2019.
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Abstract
- Low back pain is one of the causes of Piriformis syndrome. Low back pain is the second most common medical complaints encountered by physicians. More than 50% of the population will complain of low back pain at the same time. Piriformis syndrome may constitute up to 5% of cases of low back pain, buttock pain, and lower limb pain. This is a prospective and case–control study. In this study, we study 268 cases with low back pain; in 268 cases, seven cases had Piriformis syndrome. We studied pain, severity pain, radicular pain, limping, and painful sitting. Evaluation of musculoskeletal, BMI, and physical examination of Piriformis sign, Freiberg sign, and pace sign. Neurological evaluation was taken by paraclinical examination elevated through X-ray, computed tomography scan, magnetic resonance imaging, and electromyography. Data as mean + standard deviation. And SPSS software for analysis. In 268 cases with conservative method, 100% of cases were cure treatment after 4 months, in contrast to surgery methods after 1 month. The result illustrated the significantly improved between two methods of treatment (P < 0.0025). In seven cases, four cases had a history of blunt trauma and one case had a history of surgery that after 6 months had complication of surgery and scare tissue that with the second surgery release of scare was done with 100% cure. Anomaly of Piriformis muscle was seen in one case that surgery was done. Tumor was seen in one case that had pressure effect on sciatic nerve that surgery was done. Heterotopic ossification was seen in two cases. BMI of all cases was in normal range. All cases with diagnosis of disc herniation were excluded from the study. They were need to surgical operation for herniated disc. Piriformis syndrome is differentiated primary from secondary type, in which it is done according to history and physical examination. According to the etiology of Piriformis syndrome, the treatments are different. If you see mass that compressed the sciatic nerve, you must remove it. If the patient had sacroiliitis, it must be treated in early phase. Surgery of Piriformis is not accepted by all surgeons. It is limited to release Piriformis tendon and insertion to femur.
- Subjects :
- education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Population
Physical examination
Buttock Pain
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Low back pain
Surgery
Piriformis syndrome
Radicular pain
medicine
Sciatic nerve
Piriformis muscle
medicine.symptom
education
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 25196979
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cihan University-Erbil Scientific Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........9e7133433e7f8323fe2eb8b932055dad