Clinical indications for image-guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)-part VII, nerves of the lower limb.
Luca Maria SconfienzaMiraude AdriaensenDomenico AlbanoAndrea Alcala-GalianoGeorgina AllenMaria Pilar Aparisi GómezGiacomo AringhieriAlberto BazzocchiIan BeggsVito ChiancaAngelo CorazzaDanoob DaliliMiriam De DeaJose Luis Del CuraFrancesco Di PiettoElena DrakonakiFernando Facal de CastroDimitrios FilippiadisSalvatore GittoAndrew J GraingerSimon GreenwoodHarun GuptaSlavcho IvanoskiMonica KhannaAndrea KlauserRamy MansourSilvia MartinVasco MascarenhasGiovanni MauriCatherine McCarthyDavid McKeanEugene McNallyKalliopi MelakiCarmelo MessinaRebeca Miron MombielaRicardo MoutinhoCyprian OlchowyDavide OrlandiRaquel Prada GonzálezMahesh PrakashMagdalena PosadzySaulius RutkauskasŽiga SnojAlberto Stefano TagliaficoAlexander TalaskaXavier TomasVioleta Vasilevska NikodinovskaJelena VuceticDavid WilsonFederico ZaottiniMarcello ZappiaAmanda IsaacPublished in: European radiology (2021)
• Image-guided pudendal nerve block is safe, effective, and well tolerated with few complications. • US-guided perisciatic injection of anesthetic provides good symptom relief in patients with piriformis syndrome; however, the addition of corticosteroids to local anesthetics still has an unclear role. • US-guided lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block can be used to provide effective post-operative regional analgesia. The volume of local anesthetic affects the size of the blocked sensory area.