"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.
Concept/Terms
Femoral Nerve- Femoral Nerve
- Femoral Nerves
- Nerve, Femoral
- Nerves, Femoral
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Femoral Nerve".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Femoral Nerve" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Femoral Nerve" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Femoral Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) block versus fascia iliaca compartment (FI) block for hip surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Braz J Anesthesiol. 2023 Nov-Dec; 73(6):794-809.
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The epidemiology and management of iliopsoas hematoma with femoral nerve palsy: A descriptive systematic review of 174 cases. Injury. 2023 Feb; 54(2):280-287.
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Optimal stimulation site of the femoral nerve to record F waves from the vastus lateralis muscle. Muscle Nerve. 2022 02; 65(2):242-246.
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The Application of Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block for Acute Pain Control of Hip Fracture and Surgery. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2021 Mar 11; 25(4):22.
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Minimally Invasive Therapies for Osteoarthritic Hip Pain: a Comprehensive Review. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2020 Jun 06; 24(7):37.
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Fascia iliaca block, history, technique, and efficacy in clinical practice. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2019 Dec; 33(4):407-413.
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A Rapid Protocol for Intraoperative Assessment of Peripheral Nerve Myelinated Axon Count and Its Application to Cross-Facial Nerve Grafting. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 03; 143(3):771-778.
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Surgical decompression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) for Meralgia paresthetica treatment: Experimental or state of the art? A single-center outcome analysis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Aug; 97(33):e11914.
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The role of sciatic nerve block to complement femoral nerve block in total knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Anesth. 2018 06; 32(3):341-350.
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Can Multimodal Pain Management in TKA Eliminate Patient-controlled Analgesia and Femoral Nerve Blocks? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2018 01; 476(1):101-109.