Endoscopic Treatment of Piriformis Syndrome Results in a Significant Improvement in Pain Visual Analog Scale Scores.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To survey the clinical satisfaction of patients who have had an endoscopic piriformis release with a sciatic nerve neurolysis.

Methods

Patients with piriformis syndrome (PS) who were treated with an endoscopic piriformis release combined with a sciatic neurolysis between 2013 and 2018 were identified. All patients had a minimum follow-up of 1 year. Patients were contacted by telephone in 201,9 whereby the rate of satisfaction and pain were evaluated with the Benson surgery scale and the visual analog scale (VAS).

Results

The average duration of symptoms at first presentation was 34 months (range 16-54 months). Thirty-seven cases (82,2%) had an EMG that showed sciatic compression around the piriformis muscle. The average preoperative VAS pain score was 7.4 (± 0

SUBMITTER: Vanermen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9042772 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature