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Genitofemoral Nerve

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This chapter describes the anatomy, sonoanatomy, and various techniques for the ultrasound-guided intervention for genital branch of genitofemoral nerve block.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia & Pain, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK

    Athmaja R. Thottungal

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hopsital and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Philip Peng

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hopsital and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Philip Peng

  2. Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Roderick Finlayson

  3. Madi Pain Management Center, Jeonju, Korea (Republic of)

    Sang Hoon Lee

  4. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hopsital and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Anuj Bhatia

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Thottungal, A.R., Peng, P. (2020). Genitofemoral Nerve. In: Peng, P., Finlayson, R., Lee, S., Bhatia, A. (eds) Ultrasound for Interventional Pain Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18371-4_7

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