Chronic perineal pain caused by pudendal nerve entrapment: Anatomy and CT-guided perineural injection technique

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 561-567

  Hough, David M ^a   Wittenberg, Keith H ^a,b   Pawlina, Wojciech ^a   Maus, Timothy P ^a   King, Bernard F ^a   Vrtiska, Terri J ^a   Farrell, Michael A ^a   Antolak Jr , Stanley J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNITED HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANALGESIA; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERINEUM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE COMPRESSION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SITING;

EID: 0041843868     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.2.1810561     Document Type: Article

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