The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is a branch of the lumbar plexus, exiting the spinal cord between the L2 and L3 vertebrae. It emerges at the lateral edge of the psoas muscle group, below the ...

The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve travels under the inguinal ligament, a ligament that goes from the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) to the pubis of the pelvis and is a tight band of ...

Background To define the sites where the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) is more easily visualized and to describe the anatomical variations of the LFCN. Methods A total of 240 LFCNs in 120 ...

It happens when there’s too much pressure on or damage to one of the nerves in your leg, specifically the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN). This nerve is the one giving sensation to the ...

During your recent surgery, it’s possible you were placed in a position that put pressure on the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (such as the fetal position); if that’s the cause, symptoms ...

Also called Bernhardt-Roth syndrome, meralgia paresthetica is caused by compression or pinching of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. This nerve supplies sensation to the skin surface of your thigh.

Nerve entrapments in the hip and pelvic area can all affect the sciatic, pudendal, obturator, femoral, and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 81-year-old male in good health.Four months ago, I was diagnosed with meralgia paresthetica, a compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. I believe this occurred ...

All 120 subjects were Chinese (72 (60%) were male) with a mean age of 41.4 ± 21.3 years (range 18–76), a mean height of 173 cm, a mean weight of 71.1 kg, and a mean BMI of 24.9 ±4.1. Each ...