ArticleSkeletal radiology2017
MRI-guided cryoablation of the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve for the treatment of neuropathy-mediated sitting pain.
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- Minimally Invasive Treatment Strategies for Metastatic Disease of the Skeleton: Current Concepts.Current oncology reports · 2025Review
- Innovations in Chronic Pain Treatment: A Narrative Review on the Role of Cryoneurolysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Selective MR neurography-guided lumbosacral plexus perineural injections: techniques, targets, and territories.Skeletal radiology · 2023Review
- Origin, course, and distribution of the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve and the spatial relationship among its branches.Anatomical science international · 2023Article
- MRI-guided sacroiliac joint injections in children and adults: current practice and future developments.Skeletal radiology · 2023Review
- Unidentified Branches of the Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerve and Persistent Neuropathy.Cureus · 2022Article
- Cryoanalgesia of the anterior femoral cutaneous nerve (AFCN) for the treatment of neuropathy-mediated anterior thigh pain: anatomy and technical description.Skeletal radiology · 2021Article
- Interventional Cryoneurolysis: What Is the Same, What Is Different, What Is New?Seminars in interventional radiology · 2019Review
- Adjuvant MRI-guided percutaneous cryoablation treatment for aneurysmal bone cyst.Skeletal radiology · 2019Article
- Global Approach to the Patient with Pain in Interventional Radiology.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2018Review
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Abstract
Neuropathy of the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve may manifest as pain and paresthesia in the skin over the inferior buttocks, posterior thigh, and popliteal region. Current treatment options include physical and oral pain therapy, perineural injections, and surgical neurectomy. Perineural steroid injections may provide short-term pain relief; however, to our knowledge, there is currently no minimally invasive denervation procedure for sustained pain relief that could serve as an alternative to surgical neurectomy. Percutaneous cryoablation of nerves is a minimally invasive technique that induces a sustained nerve conduction block through temporary freezing of the neural layers. It can result in long-lasting pain relief, but has not been described for the treatment of neuropathy-mediated PFCN pain. We report a technique of MR-guided cryoablation of the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve resulting in successful treatment of PFCN-mediated sitting pain. Cryoablation of the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve seems a promising, minimally invasive treatment option that deserves further investigation.
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