This week we are going discuss another obscure nerve compression syndrome, this time of the leg—meralgia paresthetica. Meralgia paresthetica is also known as lateral femoral cutaneous nerve ...

What treatment modes are available for meralgia paresthetica (MP)? How often is surgical decompression needed? If required, what would be the indications and who is the best person to do it -- a ...

This week we are going to discuss the subject of false sciaticas, that is to say, symptoms of sciatica in the leg which are not truly spinal based sciatica but rather nerve compression which is ...

Background: Pain and sensory disturbance in the distribution of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve in the ventrolateral portion of the thigh is called meralgia paresthetica (MP). The incidence of MP ...

Skinny jeans can cause a painful disorder called meralgia paresthetica, according to a microsurgeon at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Flickr.com Skinny jeans may cause a painful disorder called ...

Meralgia paresthetica is a condition that causes tingling, numbness and burning pain in the outer thigh. The cause of meralgia paresthetica is compression of the nerve that supplies sensation to the ...