Injury to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (Bernhardt's syndrome) or meralgia paresthetica occurs after harvest of the bone from the anterior iliac crest. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is a ...

Femoral neuropathy, also called femoral nerve dysfunction, is one possible cause of movement and sensation problems in the legs. Femoral neuropathy occurs when something affects the femoral nerve, ...

Background To define the sites where the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) is more easily visualized and to describe the anatomical variations of the LFCN. Methods A total of 240 LFCNs in 120 ...

Pressure on a sensory nerve can cause pain and paresthesia in the nerve's area of distribution. Entrapment of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel is the commonest example of this problem, but other ...

The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is a branch of the lumbar plexus, exiting the spinal cord between the L2 and L3 vertebrae. It emerges at the lateral edge of the psoas muscle group, below the ...

Q: Shortly after having surgery on my shoulder, I have been experiencing numbness and a burning sensation on the outside of my right thigh, especially at night. Do you think it is related to the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During the past decade, the move toward less-invasive surgical techniques for total hip arthroplasty has been ...

Pinched nerves in the hip commonly affect the sciatic and pudendal nerves. Certain home remedies and exercises can help relieve the pain. Nerve entrapments in the hip and pelvic area can all affect ...