Pacira BioSciences announces positive topline data from phase 3 study of Exparel as a single-dose sciatic nerve block in the popliteal fossa for bunionectomy. News release. Pacira BioSciences, Inc ...

The femoral nerve helps your leg move and gives sensation to the front of the leg. Femoral neuropathy usually affects just one nerve, a condition known as mononeuropathy.

Femoral neuropathy involves pain, numbness, and weakness in the thigh that results from damage to the femoral nerve. Common causes are surgery and injury to the pelvic area.

Femoral and sciatic nerve blocks are often used for postoperative analgesia following total knee replacement surgery. In this case report, we focus on cases of heel ulcers following the ...

Use of intermittent femoral and sciatic nerve block combined with an in-house physiotherapy protocol among patients with knee stiffness produced early gain of range of motion, less range-of-motion ...

The authors evaluated the effects of locally anesthetizing the sciatic and femoral nerves in sheep undergoing stifle (femorotibial) surgery (16 sheep received nerve blocks; 16 sheep underwent a ...

The approval is supported by data from 2 randomized, double-blind, active-controlled phase 3 studies (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05157841 [Study 1], NCT02713178 [Study 2]) that compared the ...

Pinched nerves in the hip commonly affect the sciatic and pudendal nerves. Certain home remedies and exercises can help relieve the pain. Nerve entrapments in the hip and pelvic area can all ...

Sciatic nerve pain, also known as sciatica, often is a symptom of a herniated disc, spinal stenosis, piriformis syndrome, spondylolisthesis or a tumor. Surgery often provides immediate relief, but ...

Each patient received 0.375% bupivicaine, 20 mL each in their sciatic and femoral nerve. Patients who received any other type of anesthetic were excluded from the study.