TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment of meralgia paresthetica with a deep inferior epigastric perforator adiposal flap
T2 - Case report
AU - Namba, Yuzaburo
AU - Ito, Seiko
AU - Tsutsui, Tetsuya
AU - Koshima, Isao
PY - 2003/2
Y1 - 2003/2
N2 - A case of a 40-year-old female with meralgia paresthetica after malignant tumor resection in the right inguinal region is reported. Traditionally, meralgia paresthetica is treated with neurotransection or neurolysis. The therapeutic strategy using neurolysis, and the use of a deep inferior epigastric perforator adiposal flap wrapping as a prophylactic procedure against reentrapment is discussed.
AB - A case of a 40-year-old female with meralgia paresthetica after malignant tumor resection in the right inguinal region is reported. Traditionally, meralgia paresthetica is treated with neurotransection or neurolysis. The therapeutic strategy using neurolysis, and the use of a deep inferior epigastric perforator adiposal flap wrapping as a prophylactic procedure against reentrapment is discussed.
KW - Deep inferior epigastric perforator adiposal flap
KW - Meralgia paresthetica
KW - Neurolysis
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U2 - 10.1055/s-2003-37808
DO - 10.1055/s-2003-37808
M3 - Article
C2 - 12632302
AN - SCOPUS:0037304188
SN - 0743-684X
VL - 19
SP - 69
EP - 71
JO - Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
JF - Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
IS - 2
ER -