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Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación (English Edition) Single-puncture ultrasound-guided sciatic, femoral, and obturator injection (SP-...
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Available online 17 October 2025
Single-puncture ultrasound-guided sciatic, femoral, and obturator injection (SP-SFO): Spread of dye in cadavers
Bloqueo ecoguiado SFO de punción única (SP-SFO): dispersión de la tinción en cadáveres
S. Diwana, V. Satheb, A. Sabnisb, P. Manec, A. Guptad,
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a Consultant Anesthesiologist and Pain Physician, Sancheti Hospital, Pune, India
b Department of Anatomy MGM Navi Mumbai, India
c Consultant Anatomist Department of Anatomy MGM Navi Mumbai, India
d Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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Background

The terminal nerves of the lumbar plexus, the femoral and obturator nerves, and the sciatic nerve are situated in different fascial planes on the medial side of the thigh. Attempts have been made to approach these nerves using a single puncture from the anterior and medial aspect of the thigh. The previously described SOFT block requires multiple transducer positions, needle redirections, and punctures. We attempted a novel single-puncture, single-position approach to all 3 nerves in different fascial planes in 6 soft embalmed cadavers that provided a total of 12 specimens.

Methods

Six fresh human cadavers left at room temperature for a minimum of 6 h were positioned supine, and an ultrasound-guided single puncture technique was used to target branches of the sciatic, femoral, and obturator nerves (SP-SFO) and inject 0.1% methylene blue dye. Cross-sections were obtained with a band saw in all cadavers at the level of the SP-SFO injections to observe the spread of the dye in various planes.

Results

Cadaver cross-sections showed the spread of the dye in all respective planes. The dye infiltrated the femoral and obturator nerves, while in 4 specimens it reached the sciatic nerve and the paraneural tissue.

Conclusion

This single puncture for branches of the sciatic, femoral, and obturator nerves block (SP-FSO block) can be used to successfully target all these nerves.

Keywords:
Cadaveric
Dye study
Femoral nerve
Obturator nerve
Sciatic nerve
Single puncture
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Antecedentes

Los nervios terminales del plexo lumbar -nervios femoral, obturador y ciático- están situados en diferentes planos fasciales en el lado medial del muslo. Se han realizado intentos para abordar dichos nervios utilizando una punción única desde los aspectos anterior y medial del muslo. El bloqueo SOFT previamente descrito requiere múltiples posiciones del transductor, redirecciones de la aguja y punciones. Intentamos un nuevo abordaje con punción y posición únicas de los tres nervios en diferentes planos fasciales en seis cadáveres blandos embalsamados, que proporcionaron un total de 12 muestras.

Métodos

Colocamos en posición supina a seis cadáveres humanos situados a temperatura ambiente durante un mínimo de 6 horas, y utilizamos una técnica de punción única ecoguiada para abordar las ramas de los nervios ciático, femoral y obturador (SP-SFO) e inyectar tinción de azul de metileno al 0,1%. Se obtuvieron secciones transversales con una sierra cinta en todos los cadáveres al nivel de las inyecciones SP-SFO para observar la dispersión de la tinción en diversos planos.

Resultados

Las secciones transversales de los cadáveres mostraron la dispersión de la tinción en todos los planos respectivos. La tinción se infiltró en los nervios femoral y obturador, mientras que en cuatro muestras llegó al nervio ciático y al tejido paraneural.

Conclusión

Esta punción única para las ramas de los nervios ciático, femoral y obturador (bloqueo SP-FSO) puede utilizarse para alcanzar exitosamente todos estos nervios.

Palabras clave:
Cadavérico
Estudio de tinción
Nervio femoral
Nervio obturador
Nervio ciático
Punción única

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