[New treatment options for piriformis syndrome].

This paper discusses modern approaches to the diagnosis and management of patients with piriformis syndrome. Epidemiological data on the prevalence of this syndrome in neurological practice are presented. The anatomical features of this region, leading to the formation of piriformis syndrome, are described in detail. The authors provide diagnostic criteria based on neurological examination and manual muscle testing and discuss the differential diagnosis of piriformis syndrome. New possibilities of treating this syndrome using a fixed combination of diclofenac and orphenadrine registered in the Russian Federation as a drug for intravenous infusion neodolpasse are discussed in detail. The authors cite materials from their own work, a clinical case of managing a patient with piriformis syndrome using neodolpasse is analyzed.