"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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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Femoral Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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The Efficacy and Safety of Regional Nerve Blocks in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Systematic Review and Direct Meta-Analysis. J Arthroplasty. 2022 10; 37(10):1906-1921.e2.
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Contribution of Multimodal Analgesia to Postoperative Pain Outcomes Immediately After Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Level 1 Randomized Clinical Trials. Am J Sports Med. 2021 09; 49(11):3132-3144.
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Response to the Letter to the Editor on "Continuous Adductor Canal Blocks Provide Superior Ambulation and Pain Control Compared to Epidural Analgesia for Primary Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Controlled Trial". J Arthroplasty. 2018 08; 33(8):2696.
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Intraarticular analgesia versus epidural plus femoral nerve block after TKA: a randomized, double-blind trial. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 May; 472(5):1400-8.
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A randomized trial of epidural analgesia followed by continuous femoral analgesia compared with oral opioid analgesia on short- and long-term functional recovery after total knee replacement. Pain Med. 2012 Jul; 13(7):937-47.
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Relationship between ultrasound imaging and eliciting motor response during femoral nerve stimulation. J Ultrasound Med. 2009 Mar; 28(3):345-50.
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Complications of total hip arthroplasty: neurovascular injury, leg-length discrepancy, and instability. Bull Hosp Jt Dis. 2001-2002; 60(3-4):134-42.
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Transient simultaneous sciatic and femoral nerve palsy secondary to iliacus and gluteal hematomas following heparinization for pulmonary embolus in a patient with posterior hip dislocation. J Orthop Trauma. 1987; 1(2):174-6.