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Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block

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Abstract

: Useful in the diagnosis and treatment of the entrapment neuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) known as meralgia paresthetica. Also can be used for surgical anesthesia and/or postoperative pain control for procedures on the anterolateral thigh such as skin graft harvesting and to alleviate tourniquet pain from lower extremity orthopedic procedures.

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Injection, anesthetic agent; other peripheral nerve or branch: 64450

Ultrasound guidance 76942

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  1. Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, 92134, CA, USA

    Ian M. Fowler MD

  2. Anesthesia, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, 92134, CA, USA

    Paul G. Maliakel MD

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Correspondence to Ian M. Fowler MD .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. Jason Yong

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael Nguyen

  3. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ehren Nelson

  4. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Fowler, I.M., Maliakel, P.G. (2017). Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_90

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