Piriformis Syndrome and Other Nerve Entrapments of the Posterior Pelvis
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Not every case of neurologically based pelvic/genital numbness/incontinence is due to cauda equina syndrome. Pelvic pain, incontinence, and sexual dysfunction can result from treatable peripheral nerve injury or entrapment affecting the pudendal nerves or impar ganglion. Learning the signs, physical exam findings, tests, and surgical options greatly expands a neurosurgeon’s range. The pudendal nerve and nerve to the obturator internus muscle arise after S2, S3, and S4 spinal nerves traverse the piriformis muscle. They exit the sciatic notch with the sciatic nerve but then re-enter the pelvis, where the pudendal nerve then gives off bladder, rectal, and genital branches.
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pp. 2447-2455
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