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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin, Local Anesthetics, and Corticosteroids in Patients With Piriformis Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

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2022 Aug


Pain Physician


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35901473?dopt=Abstract


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Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin, Local Anesthetics, and Corticosteroids in Patients With Piriformis Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

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Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin, Local Anesthetics, and Corticosteroids in Patients With Piriformis Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Hilal FM, Bashawyah A, Allam A E-S, Lam K H S, Eloumri A A, Galluccio F, AlKharabsheh A, Kaye AD, Salti A, Varrassi G
Pain Physician. 2022 Aug; 25(5):325-337.
PMID: 35901473.

Abstract

Piriformis syndrome (PS) is a painful condition caused by entrapment of the sciatic nerve within the piriformis muscle. PS is typically unilateral and mainly occurs related to entrapment of the sciatic nerve. Treatments include physiotherapy, analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, behavioral modifications, injection therapy with local anesthetics (LAs) and steroids, epidural injection, botulinum toxin (BT) injection, and surgery.