Two unusual cases of urinary incontinence during continuous sciatic nerve block with stimulating catheters.
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.
Taboada
Manuel
M
Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Travesía da Choupana s/n. 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. manutabo@yahoo.es
Rodríguez
Jaime
J
Valiño
Cristina
C
Vazquez
Miriam
M
Bermúdez
María
M
Alvarez
Julian
J
Atanassoff
Peter G
PG
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