Reversal of foot drop in sciatic nerve endometriosis
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This case report details the successful surgical excision of sciatic nerve endometriosis, leading to complete reversal of a patient's foot drop.
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- Entrapped by pain: The diagnosis and management of endometriosis affecting somatic nerves 2024
- Comparison of Isolated Sciatic Nerve and Sacral Nerve Root Endometriosis: A Review of the Literature 2022
- Rare extragenital endometriosis: pathogenesis and therapy 2022
- Sciatic endometriosis: A narrative review of an unusual neurogynecologic condition 2020
- Endometriosis: seeking optimal management in women approaching menopause 2019
- Extrapelvic Sciatic Nerve Endometriosis, the Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Case Report and Systematic Review 2019
- Sciatic Nerve Involvement as an Unusual Presentation of Deep Endometriosis 2017
- Neural involvement in endometriosis: Review of anatomic distribution and mechanisms 2015
- Endometriosis of the lumbosacral plexus: report of a case with foot drop and chronic pelvic pain 2015
- Cyclic sciatica from extrapelvic endometriosis affecting the sciatic nerve 2010
- Evidence for Asymmetric Distribution of Sciatic Nerve Endometriosis 2003
- Evidence for asymmetric distribution of sciatic nerve endometriosis 2003
- Laparoscopic findings, management, histopathology, and outcome of 25 women with cyclic leg pain 2002
- Cyclic sciatica. A manifestation of compression of the sciatic nerve by endometriosis. A case report 1996
- Endometriosis of the sciatic nerve: case report demonstrating the value of MR imaging 1995
- Endometriosis of the sciatic nerve: case report demonstrating the value of MR imaging 1995
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