Ultrasound‐Guided Suprascapular Nerve Block at Suprascapular Notch‐Do We Really Target Suprascapular Notch or Not? Where Is Our Real Target?

Abstract

Ultrasound (US)‐guided suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) is a widely used procedure and while describing the US‐guided SSNB in the suprascapular notch, the suprascapular fossa is often visualized and injection is performed in that location. Although it can be done in both location, to inject the right area, the terminology should be settled and the visualization of these areas which are unclear and confusing in the literature should be clarified. In this sense, we showed the course of the nerve on a cadaver and briefly describe a protocol to correctly visualize the suprascapular notch with US.