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A condition characterized by pain radiating from the back into the buttock and posterior/lateral aspects of the leg. Sciatica may be a manifestation of SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; RADICULOPATHY (involving the SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; L4, L5, S1, or S2, often associated with INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT); or lesions of the CAUDA EQUINA.
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- Neuralgia, Sciatic
- Sciatic Neuralgia
- Neuralgias, Sciatic
- Sciatic Neuralgias
- Sciatica, Bilateral
- Bilateral Sciatica
- Bilateral Sciaticas
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with BACK PAIN or LUMBAGO see LOW BACK PAIN: use term of text; "lombo-sciatique" in French texts is indexed here (IM) + LOW BACK PAIN (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sciatica. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012585. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012585
- Sciatica. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciatica
- Sciatica. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q565276