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Welcome to Lake Nyos found in Bamenda(NW), Cameroon 🇨🇲

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Course of the sciatic nerve and potential sites of affection leading to sciatica as illustrated by Ropper & Zafonte
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25806916/

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But important to know:

👉85% of cases of sciatica are associated with a disk disorder. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12015843/

👉 The term ‘deep gluteal syndrome’ instead of ‘piriformis syndrome’ is now preferred to describe a non-discogenic sciatic nerve disorder with entrapment in the deep gluteal space. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718497/, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32349600/, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32246173/. Nevertheless, such a diagnosis is controversial and the exact diagnostic criteria remain uncertain. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32246173/

👉 The structures that can be involved in sciatic nerve entrapment within gluteal space might include the piriformis muscle [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15739520/], fibrous bands containing blood vessels, gluteal muscles [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21071168/], hamstring muscles [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3189686/ , https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18818432/], the gemelli-obturator internus complex [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16182029/, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19396428/], vascular abnormalities [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19135832/, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2222250/] and space-occupying lesions [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9199390/].

👉 Berthelot et all further describe that a wide variety of pathophysiological events leading to venous congestion around roots/spinal ganglia or spinal venous plexuses can contribute to radicular symptoms. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34653602/