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Entrapment of the lumbosacral plexus is an under-recognized cause of low back, abdominal, pelvic, and lower extremity pain; because of the wide variety of entrapments, there can be a wide variety of potentially confusing clinical presentations. The clinician needs to have a high index of suspicion to diagnose and therefore treat entrapment of the lumbosacral plexus.
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Anderson-Jones, S.R., Zhang, T. (2016). Lumbar Plexus Entrapment: Abdominal. In: Trescot, A.M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9_43
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