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Peripheral Nerve Entrapment: Injection Techniques

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Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

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Injections have a unique role in the management of peripheral nerve entrapments. Injections with local anesthetic help localize and confirm nerve entrapment diagnoses. Injections can also treat the nerve entrapment, with putative mechanisms including hydrodissection, the anti-inflammatory effect of injected corticosteroids, and the dilution and flushing out of inflammatory mediators. Precise and atraumatic injection techniques are essential to maximize the informational and treatment value of any nerve injection for peripheral nerve entrapment.

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  1. Pain and Headache Center, Anchorage, AK, USA

    Andrea M. Trescot MD, ABIPP, FIPP

  2. Department of Neurology, Headache Clinic, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Natalia Murinova MD

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Trescot, A.M., Murinova, N. (2016). Peripheral Nerve Entrapment: Injection Techniques. In: Trescot, A.M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9_7

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