"Femoral Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A nerve originating in the lumbar spinal cord (usually L2 to L4) and traveling through the lumbar plexus to provide motor innervation to extensors of the thigh and sensory innervation to parts of the thigh, lower leg, and foot, and to the hip and knee joints.
| Descriptor ID |
D005267
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.720.450.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Femoral Nerve- Femoral Nerve
- Femoral Nerves
- Nerve, Femoral
- Nerves, Femoral
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Femoral Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Are the Placement, Maintenance, and Removal of Femoral and Sciatic Catheters Associated With Bleeding Complications in Vascular Patients on Antithrombotics? A Single-Center, Retrospective Cohort Study. Anesth Analg. 2022 01 01; 134(1):188-193.
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Intraoperative monitoring of the femoral and sciatic nerves in total hip arthroplasty with high-riding developmental dysplasia. Bone Joint J. 2019 Nov; 101-B(11):1438-1446.
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Postoperative continuous adductor canal block for total knee arthroplasty improves pain and functional recovery: A randomized controlled clinical trial. J Clin Anesth. 2018 Sep; 49:46-52.
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The Effect of Lithotomy Position on Nerve Stretch: A Cadaveric Study. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2017 Nov/Dec; 23(6):457-461.
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Heavy-resistance exercise-induced increases in jump performance are not explained by changes in neuromuscular function. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2017 Jan; 27(1):35-44.
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Variability in locations of hip neurovascular structures and their proximity to hip arthroscopic portals. Arthroscopy. 2014 Apr; 30(4):462-7.
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Anatomic variability of groin innervation. Folia Morphol (Warsz). 2013 Aug; 72(3):267-70.
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Lumbar plexus anatomy within the psoas muscle: implications for the transpsoas lateral approach to the L4-L5 disc. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Aug 17; 93(16):1482-7.
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Mononeuropathy multiplex due to infiltration of lymphoma in hematologic remission. Muscle Nerve. 1998 Jun; 21(6):823-6.
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Femoral neuropathy following major pelvic surgery: etiology and prevention. J Urol. 1994 Jan; 151(1):163-5.