Burning, tingling, or numbness in the outer thigh may be a sign of meralgia paresthetica, a condition caused by compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. Common triggers include tight ...

This week we are going discuss another obscure nerve compression syndrome, this time of the leg—meralgia paresthetica. Meralgia paresthetica is also known as lateral femoral cutaneous nerve ...

This study met the guidelines set by the ethics committee of the Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital (Shanghai, China). All subjects were selected randomly and gave informed written consent for their ...

Injury to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (Bernhardt's syndrome) or meralgia paresthetica occurs after harvest of the bone from the anterior iliac crest. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is a ...

Recently, I have been diagnosed with the condition of meralgia paresthetica. I will periodically get bolts of pain that feels like I’m walking with a sprained ankle. At first it was all a mystery as ...

This week we are going to discuss the subject of false sciaticas, that is to say, symptoms of sciatica in the leg which are not truly spinal based sciatica but rather nerve compression which is ...