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Two unusual cases of urinary incontinence during continuous sciatic nerve block with stimulating catheters
Manuel Taboada1, Jaime Rodríguez, Cristina Valiño
1Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Travesía da Choupana s/n. 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. manutabo@yahoo.es
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|February 20, 2009
Abstract:
One 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.