Posterior Interosseous Nerve

This is a supplement to page 27-28 of The Resident’s Manual of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures.

Remember, the technique I describe in the book is for diagnostic purposes, and only of this (most common) entrapment site of the posterior interosseous nerve. Still, treatment usually requires hydrodissection.

The two supraspinatus heads together look like a cinnamon roll in the transverse plane. Here’s a video of the dots moving in the fascial plane as I slide the transducer proximally and distally.