Supraorbital Nerve Block for Supraorbital Neuralgia
Anatomy The supraorbital nerve (SON) is purely a general sensory (afferent) nerve. The supraorbital nerve is a continuation of the frontal nerve, which is one of the three main branches…
Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks
The use of ultrasound guidance to perform nerve blocks has been the most exciting development in the field of regional anesthesia in recent years. Instead of blindly advancing the needle…
Lower Extremity: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block
The clinical description of pain, numbness, and tingling involving the anterior and lateral thigh, was first described by Bernhardt in 1878. Werner Hager (1885) was the first to describe compression…
Intercostal Nerve Block
Intercostal nerve block can be useful in the management of acute and chronic pain, thoracic radicular pain, or chest wall pain. It is performed with or without image guidance. This…
Suprascapular Nerve Block
Anatomy of the Suprascapular Nerve The suprascapular nerve is a mixed motor and sensory peripheral nerve originating from the upper trunk of the brachial plexus, receiving contributions predominantly from C5…
Basic Principles of Neural Blockade
Since antiquity, man has searched for the ability to provide local and/or regional anesthesia. Numerous methods have been described in historical texts, including the application of cold/ice, compression, rubbing, and…
Ilioinguinal and Iliohypogastric Neural Blockade
Ilioinguinal, iliohypogastric, and genitofemoral nerves are collectively known as “border nerves” because these nerves supply the skin between the abdomen and the thigh. Because of the course of these nerves,…
Lower Extremity: Saphenous Nerve Block
Saphenous nerve entrapment or neuropathy is a relatively rare clinical entity, a paucity of data exists regarding its natural history and treatment outcome, although there are a few case reports…
Genitofemoral Neural Blockade
Ilioinguinal, iliohypogastric, and genitofemoral nerves are collectively known as “border” nerves because these nerves supply the skin between the abdomen and the thigh. Because of the course of these nerves,…
Sciatic Nerve Block
Sciatic nerve blockade is useful for surgical anesthesia, postoperative pain for lower extremity surgery, and for management of pain in certain lower extremity chronic pain syndromes such as sciatic neuropathy….
