title: The role of diagnostic ultrasound-guided selective common peroneal nerve block in a patient with negative imaging but with classic neuropathic pain after below knee amputation.
abstract: Below-knee amputation neuromas may be hard to detect radiographically. This case report demonstrates that in a below-knee amputee with negative imaging but with classic neuropathic pain, successful diagnostic ultrasound-guided nerve-selective peripheral nerve block may be performed to diagnose the problem; subsequent resection of the neuroma may relieve severe neuropathic pain.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Anesthesiology, VA Pittsburgh Health Care System; †Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; and ‡Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Shashank
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Sokopoleak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Mangione