Superior gluteal nerve injury following landmark‐guided corticosteroid injection for greater trochanteric pain: A case report

Abstract

This report describes an isolated superior gluteal nerve injection injury following a corticosteroid injection for greater trochanteric pain syndrome. Ultrasound-guided injections may be beneficial to target multiple pain-producing regions of the hip while avoiding nerves and tendons. K E Y W O R D S gluteus medius, greater trochanteric pain syndrome, nerve injection injury, superior gluteal nerve How to cite this article: Thompson AR, Ensrud ER. Superior gluteal nerve injury following landmarkguided corticosteroid injection for greater trochanteric pain: A case report.

Hamstring branches of the sciatic nerve as donors for neurotization of the superior gluteal nerve: A cadaveric feasibility study

“…The transgluteal and posterior approaches have been associated with lesions of the SGN affecting the gluteus medius more often than the tensor fasciae latae (Chomiak et al, 2015). Additional iatrogenic causes of SGN injury are reported to include femoral nail insertion (Bain et al, 1997; Lowe et al, 2012), iliosacral fixation (Collinge et al, 2005) and intramuscular steroid injections for pain (Thompson & Ensrud, 2020). According to reports of iatrogenic SGN injury after THA in cases of less severe injury, most patients show improvement of Trendelenburg gait by 6 months (Picado et al, 2007; Zappe et al, 2014).…”