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Piriformis muscle injection guided by sciatic nerve stimulation: Quick, simple, and safe technique

  • M. Mayo-Moldes EMAIL logo , A. Carregal , M. Corujeira , T. Fernandez and V. Vilanova

DOI of refers to article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjpain.2012.05.072.



Servicio de Anestesia, Hospital Meixoeiro, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Meixoeiro sn, 36200 Vigo-Pontevedra, Spain. Tel.: +34 986811772.

This research was presented as a poster discussion at the “Pain In Europe”, 7th Congress of the European Federation of IASP Chapters (EFIC) 2011 in Hamburg, Germany, September 22, 2011.


  1. Conflicts of interest: None of the authors have conflicts of interest to declare.

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Published Online: 2012-07-01
Published in Print: 2012-07-01

© 2012 Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain

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