The femoral nerve is one of the major nerves that innervates the legs. Its principal function is to carry instructions to the muscles that straighten the leg, such as the quadriceps, found in the ...

FEMORAL neuropathy may occur in various hemorrhagic disorders, but has not been recorded in scurvy. This is a report of the occurrence of bilateral femoral neuropathy in scurvy. Case Report In a study ...

Seven cases of mononeuropathy multiplex occurring in association with diabetes mellitus are described, including a case previously reported in which numerous small infarcts in the peripheral nerve ...

Diabetic neuropathy is a complication of diabetes that results in damage to the nervous system. It is a progressive disease, and symptoms get worse over time. Neuropathy happens when high levels of ...

Injury to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (Bernhardt's syndrome) or meralgia paresthetica occurs after harvest of the bone from the anterior iliac crest. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is a ...

A new physician-training system in telehealth simulates key parts of traditional, in-person neurological exams that use little reflex hammers, pinpricks, and flashlights to test nerve function. The ...

A 26-year-old man who was in a motorcycle crash arrived at the ED with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3T. Following stabilization in the trauma bay, trauma scans were obtained. Steven D. Jones Jr.

The lateral femoral circumflex artery supplies oxygenated blood to the anterior (front) and middle portions of the thigh muscles. It typically branches off from the deep femoral artery, although in a ...