Meralgia paresthetica: What an anesthesiologist needs to know

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-161

  Hui, Grace K M ^a   Peng, Philip W H ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; STEROID;

ANESTHESIST; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN NERVE; STEROID THERAPY; THIGH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 79952167924     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3182030897     Document Type: Review

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