Suprainguinal retroperitoneal approach for the successful surgical treatment of meralgia paresthetica: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 768-774

  Alberti, Olaf ^a   Wickboldt, Jürgen ^a   Becker, Ralf ^a  

^a Asklepios Kliniken Schildautal   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrapment neuropathy; Inguinal ligament; Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve; Meralgia paresthetica; Neurolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; ILIAC BONE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SEROMA; SKIN NERVE; SUPRAINGUINAL RETROPERITONEAL APPROACH; SURGICAL APPROACH; THIGH; WOUND INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; INGUINAL CANAL; INNERVATION; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649125242     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.3.17471     Document Type: Article

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