Treatment for meralgia paraesthetica

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Khalil, Nofal ^a,b   Nicotra, Alessia ^b   Rakowicz, Wojtek ^b  

^a West London Gynecological Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDLINE; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; NEURECTOMY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 55049134997     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004159.pub2     Document Type: Review

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