Ultrasound-guided serial ilioinguinal nerve blocks for management of chronic groin pain secondary to ilioinguinal neuralgia in adolescents

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 775-778

  Suresh, Santhanam ^a,b,c   Patel, Amish ^c   Porfyris, Suzanne ^b   Ryee, Mi Young ^b  

^a Children's Memorial Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chronic pain; Ilioinguinal nerve; Ilioinguinal neuralgia; Nerve blocks; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; GABAPENTIN; LMX-4; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PREGABALIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; DESENSITIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 47349120229     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02596.x     Document Type: Article

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