Spinal Cord Stimulation for Treatment of MeralgiaParesthetica

Abstract

Spinal Cord Stimulation for Treatment of Meralgia ParestheticaMeralgia paresthetica is a clinical syndrome of pain, dysesthesia or both, in the anterolateral thigh and is associated with an entrapment mononeuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.Typically, the diagnosis of meralgia paresthetica is made clinically, based on the characteristic location of pain or dysesthesia, sensory abnormality on exam, and absence of any other neurological abnormality in the leg.Relief of pain with local anesthetic injection of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve helps to confirm the diagnosis.The majority of patients with meralgia paresthetica respond well to conservative management alone, although re-