Clinical anatomy : official journal of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists & the British Association of Clinical Anatomists
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Difficulty in identifying the susprascapular nerve (SSN) limits the success of US-guided regional anesthetic injections. A proximal SSN block could be an effective and reliable approach. The primary objective was to validate the feasibility of the US-guided proximal SSN block. ⋯ This regional anesthesia could also reduce the risk of phrenic nerve palsy following interscalene brachial plexus block. Clin. Anat. 31:824-829, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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The inferior gluteal nerve has been traditionally described as a solely motor branch innervating the gluteus maximus. However, during routine dissection of the gluteal region, a cutaneous branch of the inferior gluteal nerve was identified. As the gluteal region is vulnerable to the development of pressure ulcers and iatrogenic injury with for example, surgical approaches and injection therapies, a comprehensive understanding of its cutaneous innervation is important. ⋯ We propose naming these cutaneous branches the lateral cluneal nerves, which would necessitate renaming the middle cluneal nerves to medial cluneal nerves. Clin. Anat. 31:937-941, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.