AI Article Synopsis
- The genicular nerves are sensory nerves around the knee that can be visualized using advanced ultrasound techniques.
- These nerves are often missed in imaging but can significantly impact chronic knee pain treatment through targeted procedures like nerve blocks and radiofrequency ablations.
- Understanding the anatomy and imaging techniques related to the genicular nerves is crucial for improving diagnosis and treatment outcomes for knee pain.
Article Abstract
Introduction: The genicular nerves are sensory nerves around the knee. With the improvements in ultrasound imaging resolution, these nerves can be identified sonographically.
Topic Description: Due to their small size, genicular nerves are often underappreciated and overlooked during routine sonographic imaging. Chronic pain associated with knee osteoarthritis, or postsurgical knee pain can be relieved by ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablations or nerve blockades targeting the genicular nerves.
Discussion: To sonographically image these nerves, or guide nerve blocks or ablations, knowledge of the sonographic anatomy, technique and normal appearances of the genicular nerves and their surrounding structures is required and is unpacked in this pictorial essay.
Conclusion: Enhanced knowledge of the anatomy and a systematic approach to sonographically image and assess the genicular nerves of the knee can enhance the diagnosis of pathology, nerve injury or entrapment, and sonographic guidance of interventional procedures for pain relief.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11563554 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1742271X241252297 | DOI Listing |
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