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Two Unusual Cases of Urinary Incontinence During Continuous Sciatic Nerve Block with Stimulating Catheters

Manuel Taboada, MD, PhD^*, Jaime Rodríguez, MD, PhD^*, Cristina Valiño, MD, Miriam Vazquez, MD, María Bermúdez, MD^*, Julian Alvarez, MD, PhD^*, and Peter G. Atanassoff, MD

From the *Department of Anesthesiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Spain; Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Meixoeiro, CHUVI, Vigo, Spain; and Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven Connecticut.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Manuel Taboada Muñiz, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Travesía da Choupana s/n. 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Address e-mail to manutabo{at}yahoo.es.

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.