"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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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 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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Heffler MA, Brant JA, Singh A, Toney AG, Harel-Sterling M, Grandjean-Blanchet C, Riera A, Khalil PA, Starr-Seal RL, Binder ZW. Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia of the Femoral Nerve in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2023 Feb 01; 39(2):e30-e34.
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Kaiser AM, Orangio GR, Zutshi M, Alva S, Hull TL, Marcello PW, Margolin DA, Rafferty JF, Buie WD, Wexner SD. Current status: new technologies for the treatment of patients with fecal incontinence. Surg Endosc. 2014 Aug; 28(8):2277-301.
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Beaudoin FL, Haran JP, Liebmann O. A comparison of ultrasound-guided three-in-one femoral nerve block versus parenteral opioids alone for analgesia in emergency department patients with hip fractures: a randomized controlled trial. Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Jun; 20(6):584-91.
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van Everdingen KJ, Enochs WS, Bhide PG, Nossiff N, Papisov M, Bogdanov A, Brady TJ, Weissleder R. Determinants of in vivo MR imaging of slow axonal transport. Radiology. 1994 Nov; 193(2):485-91.
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Cataltepe O, Ozcan OE, Onur R, Demirhan B, Ruacan S, Erbengi A. Arterial bridging for repair of peripheral nerve gap: a comparative study. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1993; 121(3-4):181-6.