Meralgia Paresthetica After Spine Surgery on the Jackson Table. Issue 2 (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Agarwal, Nitin; Mistry, Jaydev B.; Khandge, Preeya V.; Hansberry, David R.; Goldstein, Ira M.
• Is Part Of: Clinical spine surgery. Volume 31:Issue 2(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: meralgia paresthetica -- lateral femoral cutaneous nerve -- spine -- posterior -- surgery; Spinal cord -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Spinal cord -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.56059
• DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000000593
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2380-0186

Abstract

Abstract : Meralgia paresthetica is a non–life-threatening neurological disorder characterized by numbness, tingling, and burning pain over the anterolateral thigh due to impingement of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. This disorder has been seen in patients with diabetes mellitus and obesity, but has also been observed in patients after procedures such as posterior spine surgery, iliac crest bone grafts, lumbar disk surgery, hernia repair, appendectomies, and pelvic osteotomies that ultimately lead to compression or damage to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. Overall, permanent sequelae of meralgia paresthetica are rare, however, some cases do require intervention.