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Ultrasound reports were assessed for neuroma and postsurgical scarring (yes\/no). Responders and non-responders were assigned following anesthetic injection of the IPBSN. The type of procedure (neurectomy\/interventional pain procedure\/other than nerve-associated therapy) and pain score at initial follow-up were recorded and patients were assigned as positive (full pain relief) or negative (partial\/no pain relief) to therapeutic nerve treatment. Factors associated with a relevant visual analog scale (VAS) reduction were assessed using uni- and multivariate logistic regression models and chi-square for quantitative and qualitative variables (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> \u2264 0.05).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Responders (37\/55) more often had an entrapment or an evident neuroma of the IPBSN (97% vs. 6%). A positive Hoffmann-Tinel sign (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.002) and the absence of knee joint instability (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.029) predicted a positive response of the diagnostic nerve block (90%; 26\/29). In the follow-up after therapeutic nerve treatment, all patients with full pain relief showed neuromas or entrapment of the IPBSN. Patients negatively responding to therapeutic nerve treatment more frequently showed an additional knee joint instability (25% vs. 4%).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Selective denervation for neuropathic knee pain is beneficial in selected patients with significant VAS reduction after diagnostic nerve block. Non-responders following diagnostic nerve block but sonographic evidence of IPBSN pathologies need to be evaluated for other causes such as knee joint instability.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Key Points<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>\u2022 <jats:italic>Sonographic diagnosis of neuroma or entrapment of the IPBSN is frequently seen in patients with anteromedial knee pain and leads to a good response to diagnostic nerve block following knee surgery.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>\u2022 <jats:italic>The vast majority of patients with clinical signs of IPBSN neuropathy and response to a diagnostic nerve block sustained full pain relief following therapeutic nerve treatment.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>\u2022 <jats:italic>Patients not responding to therapeutic IPBSN treatment have to be evaluated for other causes of anteromedial knee pain such as knee joint instability.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00330-021-08184-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,3]],"date-time":"2021-08-03T15:43:50Z","timestamp":1628005430000},"page":"1342-1352","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Diagnostics of infrapatellar saphenous neuralgia\u2014a reversible cause of chronic anteromedial pain following knee surgery"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"Schu-Ren","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael T.","family":"Hirschmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alain","family":"Schiffmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Balazs K.","family":"Kovacs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julian","family":"Gehweiler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Felix","family":"Amsler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1560-0247","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anna","family":"Hirschmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,3]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"8184_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"339","DOI":"10.36076\/ppj.2014\/17\/E339","volume":"17","author":"T Ackermann","year":"2014","unstructured":"Ackermann T, von D\u00fcring M, Teske W, Ackermann O (2014) Anatomy of the infrapatellar branch in relation to skin incisions and as the basis to treat neuropathic pain by cryodenervation. 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