Variant Sciatic Nerve Anatomy in Relation to the Piriformis Muscle on Magnetic Resonance Neurography: A Potential Etiology for Extraspinal Sciatica

Variant Sciatic Nerve Anatomy in Relation to the Piriformis Muscle on Magnetic Resonance Neurography: A Potential Etiology for Extraspinal Sciatica

Objective: To assess the prevalence and clinical implications of variant sciatic nerve anatomy in relation to the piriformis muscle on magnetic resonance neurography (MRN), in patients with lumbosacral neuropathic symptoms. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective single-center study, 254 sciati...

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Main Authors: Upasana Upadhyay Bharadwaj, Vanja Varenika, William Carson, Javier Villanueva-Meyer, Simon Ammanuel, Matthew Bucknor, Nathaniel M. Robbins, Vanja Douglas, Cynthia T. Chin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Tomography
Subjects:
MRI
neurogram
sciatic nerve
piriformis
variant anatomy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/9/2/39

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