Sciatic Nerve Entrapment by Pentazocine-Induced Muscle Fibrosis
- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 36 (11) , 723-724
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1979.00500470093023
Abstract
• A progressive bilateral sciatic neuropathy appeared in a 52-year-old man as an unusual complication of pentazocine-induced muscle fibrosis. Surgical neurolysis showed that the sciatic nerves were firmly compressed by large fibrous bands involving the entire gluteal musculature.Keywords
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