Combined Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy-guided Technique for Anterior Hip Denervation

Combined Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy-guided Technique for Treatment of Hip Pain. A Pilot Study for a Suggested Approach for Anterior Hip Denervation

Hip fracture is a challenging geriatric problem for health care professionals, especially in patients with multiple comorbidities. In patients with inoperable hip fractures secondary to severe comorbid conditions, the pain can lead to significant challenges in nursing care. A recent anatomical study confirmed the innervation of the anterior hip by these 3 main nerves but also found that the AON and FN play a greater role in the anterior hip innervation than previously reported.

The aim of this study is to help to target a suggested optimum landmark and determine the volume of injectate that can cover the distribution of the anterior articular branches supplying the hip joint. The anterior hip capsule is innervated by the ON, accessory obturator nerve (AON), and FN as reported by previous anatomic studies. The anterior capsule is the most richly innervated section of the joint. Ultrasound-guided technique for blockade of these articular branches to the hip, the PENG (Pericapsular Nerve Group) block reported significantly reduced pain scores compared with baseline. With the current understanding of the complex innervations of the hip joint, it is difficult to provide complete effective radiofrequency ablation to the articular branches supplying the hip joint. Chemical hip denervation using ultrasound was reported by previous case reports or series without mentioning a well-defined target point or an optimum injectate volume.

with the patient in the supine position, ultrasound probe in a transverse plane over the anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS) and then aligned with the pubic ramus. In this view, the ilio pubic eminence (IPE), the iliopsoas muscle and tendon will be observed. A spinal needle will be inserted from lateral to medial in an in-plane approach to place the tip between the psoas tendon and the pubic ramus. Fluoroscopic image will be taken to confirm the needle tip position in the target site. Following negative aspiration, 15 ml dye will be injected in 5-mL increments while observing for adequate spread using fluoroscopy followed by 15ml local anesthetic

Is defined as the percentage of success to reach the target point for injection with needle punctures to up to 4 skin punctures.

Is defined as the total number of forward advancements of the spinal needle i.e. withdrawal and redirection without exiting the skin (sum of passes of all punctures).

10-cm visual analog scale (VAS) for pain, where 0 is equal to no pain and 10 indicates the worst possible pain.

10-cm visual analog scale (VAS) for pain, where 0 is equal to no pain and 10 indicates the worst possible pain,

Is defined as less than 50% pain relief of pain i.e. (less than 50% of VAS score is reduced after the block

Inclusion Criteria: ASA physical status I, II, and III. Patients scheduled for elective or emergent hip fractures. Exclusion Criteria: Patient refusal. Neuromuscular diseases (as myopathies, myasthenia gravies…) Hematological diseases, bleeding, or coagulation abnormality. Psychiatric diseases. Local skin infection and sepsis at the site of the block. Known intolerance to the study drugs. Body Mass Index > 40 Kg/m2. Multiple trauma patients.

The data will be accessible to the investigators and PRS administrators with hiding the identifiers for the patients