Anatomical variability of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve: Findings from a surgical series

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-370

  Carai, Andrea ^a   Fenu, Grazia ^a   Sechi, Elia ^a   Crotti, Francesco M ^a   Montella, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Meralgia paresthetica; Surgery; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIAC BONE; LATERAL FEMORAL CUTANEOUS NERVE; LIGAMENT; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; NERVE COMPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INCISION; SKIN NERVE;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; THIGH;

EID: 65349140131     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20766     Document Type: Article

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