Prone position-related meralgia paresthetica after lumbar spinal surgery: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 392-395

  Cho, Keun Tae ^a   Lee, Ho Jun ^a  

^a Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN); Meralgia paresthetica (MP); Posterior spinal surgery; Prone position

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REMISSION; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 63249110024     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2008.44.6.392     Document Type: Article

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