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Ilioinguinal Nerve Entrapment: Pelvic

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Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

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Ilioinguinal nerve entrapment is a common cause of groin or inguinal area pain. The ilioinguinal nerve can become entrapped after pelvic or hernia surgery, which can result in disabling pain in the inguinal area, lateral genitalia, or abdominal wall. The distribution and features of this pain can vary between patients, depending on anatomic variations in the course of the ilioinguinal nerve and the location of the entrapment. The pain can be diagnosed with nerve blocks and treated with neurolysis or neurectomy. Ilioinguinal entrapment causing abdominal pain is discussed in Chap. 40; this chapter discusses ilioinguinal entrapment causing groin and pelvic pain.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Headache Clinic, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Natalia Murinova MD

  2. Pain and Anesthesia and Psychiatry Departments, Chronic Fatigue Clinic, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Daniel Krashin MD

  3. Pain and Headache Center, Anchorage, AK, USA

    Andrea M. Trescot MD, ABIPP, FIPP

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Murinova, N., Krashin, D., Trescot, A.M. (2016). Ilioinguinal Nerve Entrapment: Pelvic. In: Trescot, A.M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9_44

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