title: Two unusual cases of urinary incontinence during continuous sciatic nerve block with stimulating catheters.
abstract: One of the advantages of lower extremity peripheral nerve blocks compared with neuroaxial Neuraxial techniques is the lack of effect on urinary function. We report two cases of urinary incontinence during continuous sciatic nerve block with stimulating catheters placed using the posterior gluteal Labat approach. The two patients were able to control micturition 6 h after the catheter was removed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Travesía da Choupana s/n. 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. manutabo@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taboada
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valiño
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vazquez
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bermúdez
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Atanassoff
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006215:Hallux Valgus / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009407:Nerve Block; D012584:Sciatic Nerve; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014554:Urination / Q000502:physiology