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Middle cluneal nerve entrapment sites in the surgical field
Middle cluneal nerve (MCN) entrapment around the sacroiliac joint elicits low back pain (LBP). For surgical decompression to be successful, the course of the MCN must be known. We retrospectively studied the M...
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Identification and decompression of superior cluneal nerve implicated in low back pain
Low back pain (LBP) can be attributable to entrapment of the superior cluneal nerve (SCN) around the iliac crest. Surgical decompression is a useful treatment; however, finding all entrapped SCNs involved in p...
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A clinicopathological study of low back pain due to middle cluneal nerve entrapment: case series
The middle cluneal nerve (MCN) is a pure sensory nerve around the middle buttock. Its entrapment between the iliac crest and the long posterior sacroiliac ligament elicits low back pain (LBP) that can be treat...
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Long-term outcome after surgery for middle cluneal nerve entrapment neuropathy
Entrapment of the middle cluneal nerve (MCN-E) can elicit low back pain (LBP). Patients whose LBP responds only transiently to the analgesic effects of MCN blockage may be candidates for surgery. This study ad...
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Patient satisfaction with cluneal nerve entrapment surgery
Low back pain (LBP) from superior or middle cluneal nerve entrapment has been addressed surgically. We recorded patient satisfaction with this treatment.
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High-frequency thermal coagulation to treat middle cluneal nerve entrapment neuropathy
Middle cluneal nerve entrapment (MCN-E) around the sacroiliac joint can elicit low back pain (LBP). Pain control can be obtained with anesthetic nerve blocks; however, when their effectiveness is transient, su...
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Clinical features of middle cluneal nerve entrapment neuropathy
Entrapment of the middle cluneal nerve (MCN), a peripheral nerve in the buttock, can elicit low back pain (LBP). We examined the epidemiology, clinical course, and treatment of MCN entrapment (MCN-EN).
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Editor’s Short Essay 4; Older Neurosurgeons, Be Ambitious!
In his famous speech, Dr. William Smith Clark, the first vice-principal of Sapporo Agricultural College, a part of Hokkaido University, shouted: “Boys, be ambitious!”.
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Editor’s Short Essay 1; Meeting Dr. Mitsuo Tsuru
In 1973, together with Dr. Hiroyasu Kamiyama, now Director of the Teishinkai Brain Disorder Laboratory, Dr. Mikio Nomura, now Advisor at the Department of Neurosurgery, Ebetsu Hospital, Dr. Takashi Kishihara, ...
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Editor’s Short Essay 3; Meeting Mr. Masami Sato, Acupuncturist
Mr. Masami Sato opened the Shirakaba acupuncture clinic in Sapporo in 1995. He is an accredited acupuncturist and also has a Ph.D. I first met him 20 years ago at a workshop organized by the Department of Neur...
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Editor’s Short Essay 5; Aiming at Medical Care That Cures Patients Using the Physician’s Hands
Have you ever fallen asleep being relieved of stomach ache or fever pain by the warmth your mother’s hand on your belly or forehead? The act of putting a hand on the sufferer’s body is the origin of healing an...
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Editor’s Short Essay 2; Meeting Dr. Yoshinobu Iwasaki
On March 23, 2017, in a phone call from the neurosurgery office of Hokkaido University, I was informed that Dr. Iwasaki had passed away. He was two levels above me at Hokkaido University. Dr. Iwasaki was highl...
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Overview
Paralumbar spine disease and lower limb entrapment neuropathy are not often diagnosed and treated, although their incidence may be very high when patients with mild symptoms are included.
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Incidence of Paralumbar Spine Disease
Paralumbar spine disease is a cause of low back pain (LBP); however, its epidemiology is unknown. Herein, we investigated the incidence of paralumbar spine disease among 367 patients with LBP in the Neurosurgi...
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Quality of life effects of pain from para-lumbar- and lower extremity entrapment syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome and comparison of the effectiveness of surgery
We compared the preoperative quality of life (QOL) of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, lower extremity-, and para-lumbar entrapment syndrome, and the effect of surgery on their QOL.
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Gluteus medius muscle decompression for buttock pain: a case-series analysis
The causes of low back and buttock pain are variable. Elsewhere, we presented a surgical technical note addressing the gluteus medius muscle (GMeM) pain that elicited buttock pain treatable by surgical decompr...
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Middle cluneal nerve entrapment mimics sacroiliac joint pain
Sacroiliac joint (SIJ)-related pain is associated with low back- and buttock pain and the SIJ score is diagnostically useful because it helps to differentiate between SIJ-related pain and pain due to other fac...
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Low back pain due to middle cluneal nerve entrapment neuropathy
The etiology of low back pain (LBP) is complicated and the diagnosis can be difficult. Superior cluneal nerve entrapment neuropathy (SCN-EN) is a known cause of LBP, although the middle cluneal nerve (MCN) can...
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Dynamic factors involved in common peroneal nerve entrapment neuropathy
Common peroneal nerve (CPN) entrapment neuropathy (CPNEN) is the most common peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities. The pathological mechanisms underlying CPNEN remain unclear. We sought to identify d...
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Surgical treatment for posttraumatic hemorrhage inside a filum terminale myxopapillary ependymoma: a case report and literature review
Symptoms of cauda equina syndrome due to ependymoma in the conus medullaris or filum terminale develop slowly. However, hemorrhagic change inside spinal tumors can induce acute neurologic decline. Here, we rep...
