Femoral nerve palsy has been reported after percutaneous ilioinguinal field infiltration with general anaesthesia for inguinal herniorrhaphy. The mechanism whereby this could occur was studied in cadaver dissections. It was found that the plane between the transversus abdominis muscle and the transversalis fascia was continuous laterally with the tissue plane deep to the iliacus fascia, which i...

PURPOSE Total knee replacement is one of the most painful orthopedic procedures, and effective pain relief is essential for early mobility and discharge from hospital. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether addition of single-injection femoral nerve block to epidural analgesia would provide better postoperative pain control, compared to epidural analgesia alone, after total knee replacem...

OBJECTIVE Hip fractures are a common source of acute pain amongst the frail elderly. One potential technique to adequately manage pain in this population is the femoral nerve block. The objective of this systematic review was to provide updated evidence for the use of femoral nerve blocks as a pain management technique for older hip fracture patients in the emergency department (ED). Data Sourc...

INTRODUCTION Incidence of nerve injury in traumatic hip dislocations is up to 10 %. Sciatic nerve is the most common injured nerve in this setting. In the medical literature, there are few documented cases of femoral nerve injury following hip dislocations. CASE REPORT We report a 44-year-old man with right femoral nerve palsy following delayed reduction of an anterior dislocation of hip. C...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The number of centers currently performing 3D fat-suppressed isotropic imaging is limited. If the angular orientations of the major lumbosacral plexus nerves on 3D isotropic MR neurography could be determined, similar planes could be prescribed during acquisition of 2D or 3D nonisotropic techniques for optimal depiction of various nerves. Our aim was to determine oblique ...

UNLABELLED OBJECTIVE To present a group of anatomical findings that may have clinical significance. DESIGN This study is an anatomical case report of combined lumbo-pelvic peripheral nerve and muscular variants. SETTING University anatomy laboratory. PARTICIPANTS One cadaveric specimen. METHODS During routine cadaveric dissection for a graduate teaching program, unilateral femoral an...

Objective: To present a group of anatomical findings that may have clinical significance. Design: This study is an anatomical case report of combined lumbo-pelvic peripheral nerve and muscular variants. Setting: University anatomy laboratory. Participants: One cadaveric specimen. Methods: During routine cadaveric dissection for a graduate teaching program, unilateral femoral and bilateral sciat...

Femoral nerve blockade is the most widely performed lower limb block. Methods of femoral nerve blockade are briefly reviewed with particular reference to ultrasound guidance.

UNLABELLED Meralgia paresthetica consists of pain and dysesthesia in the anterolateral thigh. Etiology is divided into spontaneous and iatrogenic causes. To my knowledge this has never been attributed to femoral acetabular impingement. This case highlights the presence of lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy in the setting of femoral acetabular impingement syndrome thus raising the possibility ...