Approach to the diagnosis and management of anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome

* The presence of unexplained elevation in liver tests, amylase, lipase or tissue transglutaminase antibody, leukocytosis, or iron deficiency, should prompt evaluation for other etiologies of abdominal pain. However, the presence of these laboratory abnormalities does not exclude concomitant anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome.
¶ Injections at the same site must be at least one month apart. Patients should be reevaluated prior to a repeat injection for other causes of abdominal pain, paying specific attention to the type of ongoing symptoms, the degree to which symptoms have worsened, and compliance with conservative therapy.