ArticleCase reports in anesthesiology2014
Successful treatment of genitofemoral neuralgia using ultrasound guided injection: a case report and short review of literature.
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- Single-point ultrasound-guided iliohypogastric-ilioinguinal-genitofemoral nerve block for inguinal hernia surgery in older adult patients: a randomized controlled trial.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Debilitating genitofemoral neuralgia due to nerve entrapment after appendectomy: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Ultrasound-guided injections in pelvic entrapment neuropathies.Journal of ultrasonography · 2021Article
- The inguinal region revisited: the surgical point of view : An anatomical-surgical mapping and sonographic approach regarding postoperative chronic groin pain following open hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Article
- [Diagnostic algorithm "FAI and sports hernia" : Results of the consensus meeting for groin pain in athletes].Der Orthopade · 2020Review
- Evaluation of Ultrasound-guided Genitofemoral Nerve Block Combined with Ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric Nerve Block during Inguinal Hernia Repair in the Elderly.Current medical science · 2019Article
- Use of Spermatic Cord Block Systematically Identifies a Paraspinal Tumor as Source of Orchialgia.Reviews in urology · 2019Article
- Ultrasound-guided truncal blocks: A new frontier in regional anaesthesia.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2016Review
- Novel presentation of a cricket ball-related intra-abdominal injury: genitofemoral nerve referred pain.BMJ case reports · 2015Article
- Ultrasound-guided interventional procedures for chronic pain management.Pain management · 2015Review
- Genitofemoral neuralgia: adding to the burden of chronic vulvar pain.Journal of pain research · 2015Article
- Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve interventions for common pain disorders.The Indian journal of radiology & imagingArticle
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Abstract
A young male patient developed chronic, severe, and disabling right sided groin pain following resection of his left testicular cancer. Since there is considerable overlap, ultrasound guided, selective diagnostic nerve blocks were done for ilioinguinal, iliohypogastric, and genitofemoral nerves, to determine the involved nerve territory. It was revealed that genitofemoral neuralgia was the likely cause. As a therapeutic procedure, it was injected with local anesthetic and steroid using ultrasound guidance. The initial injection led to pain relief of 3 months. Subsequent blocks reinforced the existing analgesia and were sufficient to allow for maintenance with the use of analgesic medications. This case report describes the successful use of diagnostic selective nerve blocks for the assessment of groin pain, subsequent to which an ultrasound guided therapeutic injection of genitofemoral nerve led to long term pain relief. As a therapeutic procedure, genitofemoral nerve block is done in patients with genitofemoral neuralgia. Ultrasound allows for controlled administration and greatly enhances the technical ability to perform precise localization and injection. There are very few case reports of such a treatment in the published literature. Apart from the case report, we also highlight the relevant anatomy and a brief review of genitofemoral neuralgia and its treatment.
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