Diagnostics of infrapatellar saphenous neuralgia-a reversible cause of chronic anteromedial pain following knee surgery.
Schu-Ren YangMichael T HirschmannAlain SchiffmannBalazs K KovacsJulian GehweilerFelix AmslerAnna HirschmannPublished in: European radiology (2021)
• Sonographic diagnosis of neuroma or entrapment of the IPBSN is frequently seen in patients with anteromedial knee pain and leads to a good response to diagnostic nerve block following knee surgery. • The vast majority of patients with clinical signs of IPBSN neuropathy and response to a diagnostic nerve block sustained full pain relief following therapeutic nerve treatment. • Patients not responding to therapeutic IPBSN treatment have to be evaluated for other causes of anteromedial knee pain such as knee joint instability.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- total knee arthroplasty
- pain management
- neuropathic pain
- knee osteoarthritis
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- anterior cruciate ligament
- ejection fraction
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- spinal cord
- spinal cord injury
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported outcomes
- smoking cessation