Prolapsed intervertebral disc with sciatica: the role of common peroneal nerve block.
A total of 210 patients of Lumbar disc prolapse with sciatica were given common peroneal block by infiltrating 2% xylocaine around the common peroneal nerve 3 cm below the head of fibula on the affected side. After receiving the block the pain decreased on from grade 2.99 +/- 0.46 to 0.91 +/- 0.99, and straight leg raising increased from 32.1 +/- 12.55 to 59.66 +/- 12.11 degrees. The method, as an outpatient procedure, has been found to be simple and useful in the patients of sciatica with prolapsed lumbar intervertebral disc potentially appropriate for a low-resource setting.
Sangwan
S S
SS
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Paraplegia & Rehabilitation, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Mittal
Rajeev
R
Kundu
Z S
ZS
Siwach
R C
RC
Aggarwal
Soneet
S
Garg
R K
RK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications*; D008012:Lidocaine; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods; D010543:Peroneal Nerve; D012585:Sciatica / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine