Surgical treatment of meralgia paresthetica: Case report;Tratamento cirúrgico da meralgia parestésica: Relato de caso

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 2 A, 2003, Pages 288-290

  Holanda, Maurus Marques de Almeida ^a,d   Meira, Ussânio Mororó ^a   Magalhães, Francisco Neuton de Oliveira ^b   Da Silva, José Alberto Gonçalves ^c  

^a Servico de Neurocirurgia Unineuro   (Brazil)

^b Acadêmico de Medicina   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL SANTA IZABEL   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Entrapment neuropathy; Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve; Meralgia paresthetica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLYSIS; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; SKIN NERVE; THIGH; TOUCH;

EID: 0038360944     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000200026     Document Type: Article

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