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SCIATIC [6 records]

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Record 1 2023-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
Universal entry(ies)
G57.0
classification system code, see observation
OBS

G57.0: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
G57.0
classification system code, see observation
OBS

G57.0 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
Entrada(s) universal(es)
G57.0
classification system code, see observation
CONT

G57.0: código de la Clasificación Estadística Internacional de Enfermedades y Problemas Relacionados con la Salud.

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Record 2 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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Record 3 2012-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A triangular downward projection from the posterior margin of the ischium, separating the greater sciatic notch from the lesser.

Key term(s)
  • s. ischialis
  • spina ischialis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Saillie aplatie et triangulaire du bord postérieur de l'os iliaque, entre la grande échancrure sciatique au-dessus et la petite échancrure sciatique au-dessous.

OBS

«épine sciatique» : Ancienne dénomination, sel on certains auteurs.

Key term(s)
  • épine ischiasique

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Nervous System
CONT

Secondary sciatica is also called sciatic neuritis or symptomatic sciatica. This type is caused mainly by pathological stimulation, either by pressure or injury to the adjacent nerves near to the sciatic nerve (such as vertebral or disc problems).

OBS

Secondary sciatica is a more common presentation than primary sciatica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
Universal entry(ies)
nervus ischiadicus
Latin
DEF

A nerve that arises from the sacral plexus and passes through the greater sciatic foramen to about the middle of the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves

OBS

A nerve which originates in the lumbar and sacral spinal cord (L4 to S3) and supplies motor and sensory innervation to the lower extremity. The sciatic nerve, which is the main continuation of the sacral plexus, is the largest nerve in the body. It has two major branches, the tibial nerve and the peroneal nerve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
nervus ischiadicus
Latin
CONT

Le nerf sciatique : Issu de toutes les racines entrant dans la constitution du plexus sacré, il quitte le bassin par la grande échancrure sciatique et descend presque en ligne droite le long de la face postéro-médiale du fémur, vers le creux poplité où il se divise en ses deux branches terminales, les nerfs tibial et fibulaire commun.

OBS

nerf grand ischiatique : Dénomination française courante (ancienne).

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-07-30

English

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

French

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

Spanish

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