"Femoral Neuropathy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Disease involving the femoral nerve. The femoral nerve may be injured by ISCHEMIA (e.g., in association with DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES), nerve compression, trauma, COLLAGEN DISEASES, and other disease processes. Clinical features include MUSCLE WEAKNESS or PARALYSIS of hip flexion and knee extension, ATROPHY of the QUADRICEPS MUSCLE, reduced or absent patellar reflex, and impaired sensation over the anterior and medial thigh.
| Descriptor ID |
D020428
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.668.829.500.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Femoral Neuropathy- Femoral Neuropathy
- Femoral Neuropathies
- Neuropathies, Femoral
- Neuropathy, Femoral
- Mononeuropathy, Femoral
- Femoral Mononeuropathy
- Femoral Mononeuropathies
- Mononeuropathies, Femoral
- Femoral Nerve Diseases
- Femoral Nerve Disease
- Nerve Disease, Femoral
- Nerve Diseases, Femoral
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Femoral Neuropathy" by people in Profiles.
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Agarwal N, Mistry JB, Khandge PV, Hansberry DR, Goldstein IM. Meralgia Paresthetica After Spine Surgery on the Jackson Table. Clin Spine Surg. 2018 03; 31(2):53-57.
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Wallace M, Kruse R, Eutsler EP, Averill LW. MRI findings of post-traumatic subperiosteal hematoma of the iliac bone with resultant femoral nerve palsy in an adolescent boy. Pediatr Radiol. 2016 Aug; 46(9):1350-3.
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Naroji S, Belin LJ, Maltenfort MG, Vaccaro AR, Schwartz D, Harrop JS, Weinstein M. Vulnerability of the femoral nerve during complex anterior and posterior spinal surgery. J Spinal Cord Med. 2009; 32(4):432-5.
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Roth JV. Bilateral sciatic and femoral neuropathies, rhabdomyolysis, and acute renal failure caused by positioning during radical retropubic prostatectomy. Anesth Analg. 2007 Dec; 105(6):1747-8, table of contents.
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Kornbluth ID, Freedman MK, Sher L, Frederick RW. Femoral, saphenous nerve palsy after tourniquet use: a case report. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2003 Jun; 84(6):909-11.