The ilioinguinal nerve branches off the first lumbar nerve, which is near the lower back. It branches down the body through the second and third abdominal muscles and communicates with the ...

Review of the literature on relevant injection procedure found that injury to the sciatic nerve is associated with use of the dorsogluteal site for injection, because the sciatic nerve commonly ...

Lidocaine is the anesthetic most commonly used. After a nerve block injection, you’ll quickly have numbness with near-complete pain relief. It wears off after several hours. Some doctors use ...

AN entrapment neuropathy of the ilioinguinal nerve can cause pain and disability that may present serious diagnostic difficulties. The nerve is analogous to an intercostal nerve since it has both ...

The injection of this nerve-numbing substance is called a nerve block. There are different kinds of nerve blocks used for various purposes. Although many kinds of nerve blocks exist, this ...

NORWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2006--Concert Medical has announced the launch of BSmart(TM), the first objective nerve block injection pressure monitor for use in regional anesthesia.

Post-IM injection sciatic nerve injury can be avoided. Proper training and an anatomical understanding of the sciatic nerve course are essential. We recommend that the superolateral gluteal area ...