Meralgia paresthetica occurs when the nerve that allows the thigh's skin surface to experience sensation becomes compressed, leading to burning pain, numbness, and tingling in the outer thigh.

BACKGROUND: Failure of symptom relief after neurolysis for meralgia paresthetica (MP) is reported frequently, yet systematic outcome analysis is limited in the modern literature. The present ...

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 ...