• Harmandeep Singh, Akshat Gargya, Tiffany Lin, and Amitabh Gulati.
• Department of Anesthesiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
• Pain Med. 2020 Aug 1; 21 (Suppl 1): S47-S50.

ObjectiveWith advances in peripheral nerve stimulation technology, there has been an emergence of new minimally invasive techniques to provide neurostimulation therapies for chronic pain. This technical note describes the utilization of ultrasonography for percutaneous placement of peripheral nerve stimulation leads at the sciatic, femoral, and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves.MethodsUltrasound can be utilized to localize a specific nerve, view neighboring soft tissue anatomy, and plan a needle trajectory. Various ultrasound techniques and transducer orientations allow for multiple options for lead placement relative to the targeted nerve.ConclusionsThe option of ultrasound-guided percutaneous technique for neurostimulation lead placement allows this treatment modality to be made available to more patients with chronic pain in specific nerve distributions.© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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