title: [Unilateral temporary meralgia paresthetica after caesarean section: report of a case].
abstract: We report a patient who developed unilateral temporary meralgia paresthetica after caesarean section. A 28-year-old morbidly obese woman underwent caesarean section under combined spinal and epidural anesthesia. Intraoperative position was 5-degree head down lithotomy position. She noted pain and hypesthesia along the anterolateral aspect of the right thigh on the second postoperative day, when postoperative continuous epidural analgesia was stopped. The pain and sensory impairment resolved 8 days after surgery without medications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 814-0180.
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanaru
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katori
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higa
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyako
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nitahara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy; D018475:Head-Down Tilt / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy