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Gluteal or buttock pain can arise from muscles located in this region. These muscles include piriformis, obturator internus, and quadratus femoris. Important neurovascular structures including the sciatic nerve and the superior and inferior gluteal arteries are in intimate contact with these muscles. Injections of local anesthetic, steroids, or botulinum toxin into these muscles or their bursa can confer analgesic benefit, while use of ultrasound for procedural guidance enhances accuracy and safety.

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

    Anuj Bhatia & 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

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

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  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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Bhatia, A., Peng, P. (2020). Pelvic Muscles. 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_8

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