"Femoral Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A nerve originating in the lumbar spinal cord (usually L2 to L4) and traveling through the lumbar plexus to provide motor innervation to extensors of the thigh and sensory innervation to parts of the thigh, lower leg, and foot, and to the hip and knee joints.
| Descriptor ID |
D005267
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.720.450.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Femoral Nerve- Femoral Nerve
- Femoral Nerves
- Nerve, Femoral
- Nerves, Femoral
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Femoral Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Fillingham YA, Hannon CP, Kopp SL, Austin MS, Sershon RA, Stronach BM, Meneghini RM, Abdel MP, Griesemer ME, Woznica A, Casambre FD, Nelson N, Hamilton WG, Della Valle CJ. The Efficacy and Safety of Regional Nerve Blocks in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Systematic Review and Direct Meta-Analysis. J Arthroplasty. 2022 10; 37(10):1906-1921.e2.
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Courville E, Ditty BJ, Maulucci CM, Iwanaga J, Dumont AS, Tubbs RS. Effects of thigh extension on the position of the femoral nerve: application to prone lateral transpsoas approaches to the lumbar spine. Neurosurg Rev. 2022 Jun; 45(3):2441-2447.
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Schwenk ES, Gupta RK. Femoral triangle block plus iPACK block versus local infiltration analgesia for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: an infographic. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2022 01; 47(1):64.
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Wahal C, Grant SA, Gadsden J, Rambhia MT, Bullock WM. Femoral artery block (FAB) attenuates thigh tourniquet-induced hypertension: a prospective randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2021 03; 46(3):228-232.
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Ayyaz Ul Haq M, Rashid M, Gilchrist IC, Bertrand O, Kwok CS, Wong CW, Mansour HM, Baghdaddy Y, Nolan J, van Leeuwen MAH, Mamas MA. Incidence and Clinical Course of Limb Dysfunction Post Cardiac Catheterization - A Systematic Review. Circ J. 2018 10 25; 82(11):2736-2744.
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Fleischman AN, Rothman RH, Parvizi J. Femoral Nerve Palsy Following Total Hip Arthroplasty: Incidence and Course of Recovery. J Arthroplasty. 2018 04; 33(4):1194-1199.
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Lovald ST, Ong KL, Lau EC, Joshi GP, Kurtz SM, Malkani AL. Readmission and Complications for Catheter and Injection Femoral Nerve Block Administration After Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Medicare Population. J Arthroplasty. 2015 Dec; 30(12):2076-81.
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Schwenk ES, Gandhi K. Quad weakness: when does it matter? Anesthesiology. 2014 Dec; 121(6):1349.
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McCormick Z, Cushman D, Casey E, Garvan C, Kennedy DJ, Plastaras C. Factors associated with pain reduction after transforaminal epidural steroid injection for lumbosacral radicular pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Dec; 95(12):2350-6.
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Gandhi K, Lindenmuth DM, Hadzic A, Xu D, Patel VS, Maliakal TJ, Gadsden JC. The effect of stimulating versus conventional perineural catheters on postoperative analgesia following ultrasound-guided femoral nerve localization. J Clin Anesth. 2011 Dec; 23(8):626-31.