“…Our literature search yielded 22 studies with 120 cases related to intrapelvic causes of sciatica (Table 1). In 1962, 1 case [22] was published followed by 1 in 1976, [21] 2 in 1987, [19,20] 1 in 1994, [18] 1 in 1995, [17] 2 in 1996, [15,16] 5 in 1998, [14] 5 in 1999, [11][12][13] 1 in 2001, [10] 25 in 2002, [9] 1 in 2003, [8] 1 in 2012, [7] 11 in 2015, [6] 3 in 2016, [4,5] 46 in 2017, [3] 14 to date in 2019, [1,2] The surgical procedures included 27 laparoscopic decompression of aberrant intrapelvic veins, 53 intrapelvic sciatic nerve (sacral nerve root) endometriosis excisions, one myomectomy, three hysterectomies, two schwannoma resections, one ovarian cystic endometriosis surgery, six endometriotic nodule excisions, 15 pelvic peritoneal pockets excisions, five peritoneal endometriosis excisions. The medical therapy included three gonadotropinreleasing hormone agonist (GnRH-A), leuprolide acetate plus daily transdermal E2 treatment, one depot medroxyprogesterone treatment, one buserelin acetate, one estrogen suppression treatment, and one gentamicin and clindamycin treatment (Table 1).…”