Chronic pelvic pain can present in various pain syndromes. In particular, interventional procedure plays an important diagnostic and therapeutic role in 3 types of pelvic pain syndromes: pudendal neuralgia, piriformis syndrome, and "border nerve" syndrome (ilioinguinal, iliohypogastric, and genitofemoral nerve neuropathy). The objective of this review is to discuss the ultrasound-guided approac...

Background: Hernia surgery is one of the most frequent procedures performed worldwide, with a prevalence postoperative groin pain above 30%. Quality life in hernia has been poorly studied. Objective was to determine effect on quality dexmedetomidine as local anesthetic adjuvant elective unilateral open inguinal repair. Methods: A multicenter, prospective, randomized, single-blind, cases and con...

Looking to the applied significance of lumbar plexus in the form of its involvement in various injuries and entrapment, it is imperative to have a thorough knowledge about its formation, branching pattern and variations. A recent increase in the retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgeries inspired us to revisit the anatomy of lumbar plexus. The purpose of this study was to describe the anatomical va...