Ultrasound-guided perineural steroid injection to treat intractable pain due to sciatic nerve injury

Jia Chi Wang, Hong Jen Chiou, Jen Her Lu, Yung Cheng Hsu, Rai Chi Chan, Tsui Fen Yang

研究成果: 雜誌貢獻文章同行評審

6 引文 斯高帕斯(Scopus)

摘要

Purpose: Sciatic neuropathy is a rare but serious complication of cardiac surgery. Neuropathic pain following nerve injury can be severely debilitating and largely resistant to treatment. We present a case of this complication where ultrasound-guided perineural steroid injection at the site of the sciatic nerve injury provided excellent pain relief and facilitated subsequent rehabilitation. Clinical features: A 17-yr-old boy developed bilateral sciatic neuropathy after a nine-hour cardiac surgical procedure in the supine position, resulting in debilitating dysesthesia refractory to neuropathic pain therapies and leading to severe functional limitation. With magnetic resonance imaging of the lower extremities, the location of the lesion was determined to be from the level of the superior gemellus to the level of the quadratus femoris. An ultrasound-guided injection of triamcinolone 20 mg and lidocaine 40 mg around both sciatic nerves at the level of the lesion was administered two months after the surgery, and the pain score (rated on a scale 0-10) at rest decreased from 9-10 to 1 two weeks after the injection. Conclusions: There are a limited number of reports in the literature on sciatic nerve injuries associated with cardiac surgery. This case illustrates the efficacy of ultrasound-guided steroid injection around sciatic nerves at the level of superior gemellus in treating our patient's neuropathic pain.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)902-906
頁數5
期刊Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
60
發行號9
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 9月 2013
對外發佈

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 麻醉與疼痛醫學

指紋

深入研究「Ultrasound-guided perineural steroid injection to treat intractable pain due to sciatic nerve injury」主題。共同形成了獨特的指紋。

引用此