title: Clinical findings and results of operative treatment in ilioinguinal nerve entrapment syndrome.
abstract: Women complaining of lower abdominal and pelvic pain were tested for the presence of an ilioinguinal nerve entrapment. Forty-six women were considered to fulfill the requirements for this syndrome, five of them bilaterally. In the 51 nerves tested common findings were hyperaesthesia (88%), dysaesthesia (53%) and pain pressure at the nerve exit (75%); hypoaesthesia was rare (6%). A prerequisite for an operation was a positive result of a block with local anaesthesia. Good to excellent results of an operative approach, usually transection of the nerve, were noted after 39 procedures (76%). Some improvement was reported after six procedures whereas the operation had no effect in six others. A probable cause of the neuralgia could be found in only six women. Ilioinguinal nerve entrapment should be considered early in the differential diagnosis of lower abdominal and pelvic pain.
authors: University of Gothenburg, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Hospital, Sweden.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Hahn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000294:innervation* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors