Sciatic nerve stripping: A rare avulsion injury
Isolated injury to sciatic nerve is not a common entity because of its deeper location and is often associated with musculoskeletal injuries. Though injuries caused by penetratingtrauma,injections and hip surgery are well reported,a self- inflicted complete avulsion of this thickest nerve of the bod...
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doaj-38dd9896185f4150aeb44803991027ea2020-11-24T21:18:00ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsTurkish Journal of Plastic Surgery1300-68782528-86442018-01-0126312212410.4103/tjps.tjps_5_17Sciatic nerve stripping: A rare avulsion injurySuhael ZahurKanav MahajanSanjeev GuptaIsolated injury to sciatic nerve is not a common entity because of its deeper location and is often associated with musculoskeletal injuries. Though injuries caused by penetratingtrauma,injections and hip surgery are well reported,a self- inflicted complete avulsion of this thickest nerve of the body is unreported. We report a peculiar case of avulsion injury of the sciatic nerve both in terms of its mechanism and the extent of injury. The sciatic nerve along with its branches (tibial and common peroneal nerve) was completely avulsed off its entire anatomical course by a penetrating injury at the buttock. The resulting nerve gaps were reconstructed with sural and superficial peroneal nerve grafts harvested from both lower limbs. Prognostically, proximal nerve injuries in lower extremity fare worse than the upper extremity in terms of recovery after peripheral nerve repair or reconstruction.http://www.turkjplastsurg.org/article.asp?issn=1300-6878;year=2018;volume=26;issue=3;spage=122;epage=124;aulast=ZahurPeripheral nerve injurysciatic nerve avulsionsciatic nerve injurysciatic nerve reconstruction |
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Suhael Zahur Kanav Mahajan Sanjeev Gupta Sciatic nerve stripping: A rare avulsion injury Turkish Journal of Plastic Surgery Peripheral nerve injury sciatic nerve avulsion sciatic nerve injury sciatic nerve reconstruction |
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Sciatic nerve stripping: A rare avulsion injury |
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Sciatic nerve stripping: A rare avulsion injury |
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Sciatic nerve stripping: A rare avulsion injury |
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Sciatic nerve stripping: A rare avulsion injury |
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sciatic nerve stripping: a rare avulsion injury |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Turkish Journal of Plastic Surgery |
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1300-6878 2528-8644 |
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2018-01-01 |
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Isolated injury to sciatic nerve is not a common entity because of its deeper location and is often associated with musculoskeletal injuries. Though injuries caused by penetratingtrauma,injections and hip surgery are well reported,a self- inflicted complete avulsion of this thickest nerve of the body is unreported. We report a peculiar case of avulsion injury of the sciatic nerve both in terms of its mechanism and the extent of injury. The sciatic nerve along with its branches (tibial and common peroneal nerve) was completely avulsed off its entire anatomical course by a penetrating injury at the buttock. The resulting nerve gaps were reconstructed with sural and superficial peroneal nerve grafts harvested from both lower limbs. Prognostically, proximal nerve injuries in lower extremity fare worse than the upper extremity in terms of recovery after peripheral nerve repair or reconstruction. |
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Peripheral nerve injury sciatic nerve avulsion sciatic nerve injury sciatic nerve reconstruction |
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http://www.turkjplastsurg.org/article.asp?issn=1300-6878;year=2018;volume=26;issue=3;spage=122;epage=124;aulast=Zahur |
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