• Anesthesia and analgesia · Mar 2009

    Case Reports Clinical Trial

    Two unusual cases of urinary incontinence during continuous sciatic nerve block with stimulating catheters.

    • Manuel Taboada, Jaime Rodríguez, Cristina Valiño, Miriam Vazquez, María Bermúdez, Julian Alvarez, and Peter G Atanassoff.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Travesía da Choupana s/n. 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. manutabo@yahoo.es
    • Anesth. Analg. 2009 Mar 1; 108 (3): 1042-3.

    AbstractOne of the advantages of lower extremity peripheral nerve blocks compared with neuroaxial Neuraxial techniques is the lack of effect on urinary function. We report two cases of urinary incontinence during continuous sciatic nerve block with stimulating catheters placed using the posterior gluteal Labat approach. The two patients were able to control micturition 6 h after the catheter was removed.

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