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Record 1 2012-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Muscles and Tendons
  • Nervous System
DEF

Pain from the sciatic nerve.

OBS

Sciatica is described as burning or aching. Its distribution is typical; beginning in the buttocks it radiates downward in the posterior thigh and the posterolateral aspect of the calf; sometimes it extends around the lateral malleolus of the ankle and the outer aspect of the foot. The pain is intensified by coughing, sneezing, laughing, or the straining of defecation.

OBS

Sciatic nerve (L4, L5 and S1, S2, S3) : Can be injured with incorrect lithotomy positioning with knee extension and external hip rotation. There will be pain in the gluteal region radiating to the foot, inability of flexion of the leg.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Muscles et tendons
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Douleur ressentie dans le territoire du nerf sciatique.

OBS

La sciatique ou sciatalgie part de la région lombo-sacrée, puis parcourt la fesse et le membre inférieur, le plus souvent jusqu'au pied. Son intensité est variable; habituellement, très vive, elle est exacerbée par la marche et surtout par la toux et l'éternuement.

OBS

Le terme «sciatalgie» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

OBS

[Nerf Sciatique :] Nerf mixte constituant la branche terminale du plexus sacré, il est constitué de fibres venant de L4 L5 S1 S2 S3. C'est le nerf le plus volumineux et le plus long de l'organisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Músculos y tendones
  • Sistema nervioso
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