Ultrasound-Guided Blockade of the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve: Technical Description and Review of 10 Cases Mark F. Hurdle, MD, Toby N. Weingarten, MD, Ralph A. Crisostomo, MD, Christina Psimos, BS, Jay Smith, MD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 88, Issue 10, Pages 1362-1364 (October 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.013 Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Ultrasound image of the LFCN in the short axis. The honeycomb texture of the nerve in this view can be visualized and is bordered by arrows. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2007 88, 1362-1364DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.013) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Ultrasound image of the LFCN following the injection of 2mL of local anesthetic. Perineural spread of the local anesthetic can be visualized. The needle is visualized as a linear hyperechoic structure deep to the nerve. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2007 88, 1362-1364DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.013) Copyright © 2007 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions