Magnetic resonance neurography-guided nerve blocks for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Jan Fritz, Avneesh Chhabra, Kenneth C. Wang, John A. Carrino

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Abstract

Magnetic resonance (MR) neurography - guided nerve blocks and injections describe a techniques for selective percutaneous drug delivery, in which limited MR neurography and interventional MR imaging are used jointly to map and target specific pelvic nerves or muscles, navigate needles to the target, visualize the injected drug and detect spread to confounding structures. The procedures described, specifically include nerve blocks of the obturator nerve, lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, pudendal nerve, posterior femoral cutaneous nerve, sciatic nerve, ganglion impar, sacral spinal nerve, and injection into the piriformis muscle.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)211-234
Number of pages24
JournalNeuroimaging Clinics of North America
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2014

Keywords

  • MR guidance
  • MR neurography (MRN)
  • Nerve block
  • Pain injection
  • Piriformis syndrome
  • Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve block
  • Pudenda nervel block

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Clinical Neurology

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