title: [Meralgia paraesthetica and its surgical treatment].
abstract: Compression neuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (meralgia paresthetica) leads to pain and dysesthesia in the anterolateral thigh. Over a period of 23 1/2 years, 29 patients (33 procedures) were operated on after failure of conservative treatment: 18 patients (20 procedures) underwent neurolysis of the nerve, and in 11 the nerve was transected. The 33 procedures were necessary because 1 patient had bilateral meralgia paresthetica and there were 3 recurrences with persisting pain. The average follow-up was 32 months after neurolysis and 87 months after transection. Complete or partial pain relief was found in 72% after decompression and in 82% after transection of the nerve.
authors.affiliation: Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universität Ulm am Bezirkskrankenhaus Günzburg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Antoniadis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moese
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Richter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013848:Thigh / Q000294:innervation*
vernacular_title: Die Meralgia paraesthetica und ihre operative Behandlung.