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Item Ultrasonography-Guided Identification With Methylene Blue Tattooing of the Ilioinguinal Nerve for Neurectomy for Chronic Pain: A Case Series(AMA, 2015-02) Eppstein, Andrew Curtiss; Munshi, Imtiaz A.; Sakamato, Bryan; Gwirtz, Kenneth; Department of Surgery, IU School of MedicineChronic ilioinguinal pain is a common but morbid complication of inguinal herniorrhaphy for 12% to 62% of patients.1 Although pharmacologic options exist (such as nerve blocks), long-term pain relief is inferior to surgical neurectomy.2,3 We present our experience in ilioinguinal neurectomy with preoperative ultrasonography-guided identification and perineural injection of methylene blue to tattoo the nerve.