Intermittent claudication can be seen in orthopaedics and may be caused by orthopaedic conditions such as lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar disc herniation, degenerative lesions of the thoracic or cervical spine. These patients may have pain and numbness in the lower back and lumbosacral region in the form of a dull, stabbing pain, or sciatica, and the pain may spread to the buttocks, legs and back of the feet. Some patients with lesions superior to the nodes may also have numbness in the hands and difficulty holding things. However, some are not caused by orthopaedic disease, which can also be detected after a systematic examination in orthopaedics and can be further diagnosed and treated in vascular surgery.