Neurology Edited by Professor Emeritus Desire' Dubounet, IMUNE

Lesion site: inguinal regionParturition, gynaecological surgery, hernia surgery, femoral angiography, lithotomy position,trauma, irradiation, hip dislocation.Sciatic nerve lesionsLesions in buttockBad intramuscular injections, haematoma, surgery (hip replacement, femoral neck fracture,osteotomy), dislocation, traction in lithotomy positioning, obstetric trauma.Obturator nerve lesionsLesion site: pelvisPelvic tumours, birth trauma, sacroiliac arthropathies, total hip replacement, pelvic fractures,obturator hernia (when pain affects the distal end of the medial thigh region: syndrome ofRomberg - Howship).Isolated saphenous nerve lesionLesion site: thighSensory loss below kneeCompression in adductor canal, operations in medial upper thigh.Isolated saphenous nerve lesionLesion site: below kneeSensory loss lower leg and footVaricose vein surgery, plaster of Paris.Isolated lesion of infrapatellar branch (plexus)Site: insertion of sartorius'Gonalgia paraesthetica' after knee surgery.Lesions in pelvisPiriformis syndrome (after trauma, sacroiliac arthropathy)Tumour, pressure lesions.Lesions in thighFractures of femur, penetrating injuries.Lateral cutaneus nerve of the thigh lesionsSite of lesion: retroperitonealKidney transplantation, tumours and operations in iliac fossa (colon, retrocaecalappendicitis)Site of lesion: groinMeralgia paraesthetica (inguinal ligament, iliac fascia and fascia lata)Plaster jacket, biopsies at pelvic rim, lymphoma.