Pain Physician 2015; 18:E1111-E1117 • ISSN 2150-1149 Cadaveric Study Ultrasound-Guided Injection of the Adductor Longus and Pectineus in a Cadaver Model Dong-wook Rha, MD, PhD1, Sang-Hee Lee, DDS2, Hyung-Jin Lee2, You-Jin Choi, BSDH2, Hee-Jin Kim, DDS, PhD2, and Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD1 From: 1Department and Research Background: The close anatomic and functional relationship between the proximal parts of Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, the adductor longus and pectineus muscles produce considerable overlap in symptoms and Yonsei University College of Medicine, signs in the inguinal region. To our knowledge, there have been no publications of ultrasound South Korea; 2Division in Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Department (US)-guided injection techniques into the 2 muscles. of Oral Biology, Human Identification Research Center, Yonsei University Objective: This study sought to describe US-guided injection techniques in the proximal College of Dentistry, South Korea. part of the adductor longus and pectineus muscles and to validate whether these techniques Address Correspondence: deliver injections appropriately to their target muscles in unembalmed cadavers. Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, Department and Research Institute of Study Design: Cadaveric study. Rehabilitation Medicine Yonsei University College of Medicine Methods: A preliminary trial with 2 unembalmed cadavers provided information on the 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul target sonographic structures of proximal adductor longus and pectineus muscles. Bilateral 120-752, South Korea US-guided intramuscular injections in the proximal adductor longus and pectineus were E-mail: performed using the remaining 5 unembalmed male cadavers. To avoid confusion of dye
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