Ultrasonography-guided identification with methylene blue tattooing of the ilioinguinal nerve for neurectomy for chronic pain: a case series

JAMA Surg. 2015 Feb;150(2):180-2. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1098.

Authors

Andrew Curtiss Eppstein¹, Imtiaz A Munshi¹, Bryan Sakamoto², Kenneth Gwirtz²

Affiliations

¹ Surgery Service, Section of General Surgery, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana2Department of Surgery, Section of General Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana4Department of Anesthesiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.

PMID: 25517355
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1098

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Chronic Pain / diagnostic imaging*
Chronic Pain / etiology
Chronic Pain / surgery*
Coloring Agents
Denervation*
Dissection
Humans
Inguinal Canal / diagnostic imaging
Inguinal Canal / innervation*
Methylene Blue*
Tattooing*
Ultrasonography

Substances

Coloring Agents
Methylene Blue