Treatment for meralgia paraesthetica

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

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

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; NEURECTOMY; NEUROLYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; INNERVATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PARESTHESIA; THIGH;

EID: 84874185387     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004159.pub3     Document Type: Review

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