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Femoral and obturator neuropathies
1Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Neurodiagnostic Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Neurologic Clinics
|July 7, 1999
Abstract:
Femoral, saphenous, and obturator neuropathies have diverse causes, many of which are iatrogenic. They have overlapping, but distinct, clinical features. Electrodiagnostic testing can distinguish between these disorders and others in the differential diagnosis. Imaging studies may demonstrate the origin of the neuropathy in some cases. Conservative treatment is usually sufficient, but occasionally surgical exploration of the affected nerve is indicated.