Patients were treated with sciatic nerve decompression by resection of fibrovascular scar bands, piriformis tendon release, obturator internus, or quadratus femoris or by hamstring tendon scarring. Anesthetic
Signals from the sciatic nerve and its branches can be blocked, in order to interrupt transmission of pain signal from the innervation area, by performing a regional nerve blockade called a sciatic nerve block. Society and culture
According to Jewish law, the sciatic nerve (Hebrew: Gid hanasheh) may not be eaten by Jews, to commemorate Jacobs  injury in his struggle with an angel. Additional images
See also
Lesser sciatic notch
Greater sciatic notch

Notes
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 960 of the 20th edition of Grays Anatomy (1918)

External links
Sciatic nerve at the Duke University Health Systems Orthopedics program
MedlinePlus Image 19503
pelvis at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (pelvicnerves)
glutealregion at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (glutealner)
Sciatica and the Sciatic Nerve
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