TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block
A1  - Varlotta, Gerard P.
A1  - Myers, Anya
A2  - Diwan, Sudhir
A2  - Staats, Peter S.
Y1  - 2015
N1  - 
T2  - Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures
AB  - The  lateral  femoral  cutaneous  nerve  (LFCN)  is  a  purely  sensory  nerve  from  the  lumbar  plexus  and  is  derived  from  the  L2-L3  nerve  roots.  LFCN  pain  is  believed  to  be  associated  with  obesity,  pregnancy,  or  a  constricting  belt.  Symptoms  are  thought  to  be  due  to  entrapment  of  the  LFCN  as  it  passes  through  or  under  the  inguinal  ligament.  The  LFCN  is  also  at  risk  of  irritation  from  bone  graft  due  to  the  nerves  close  proximity  to  the  iliac  crest.  Because  it  is  a  sensory  nerve,  symptoms  after  injury,  irritation,  or  laceration  to  the  LFCN  include  dysaesthetic  pain,  numbness  and  paresthesias  localized  or  radiating  to  the  buttocks  or  anterolateral  thigh.  The  lateral  femoral  cutaneous  nerve  innervates  the  skin  on  the  lateral  part  of  the  thigh  and  because  it  is  1  of  the  6  nerves  that  comprise  the  lumbar  plexus,  the  LFC  can  be  blocked  as  part  of  the  lumbar  plexus  block  or  on  occasion  with  a  femoral  nerve  block.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/25
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107199595
ER  -