Meralgia paresthetica occurs when the nerve that allows the thigh's skin surface to experience sensation becomes compressed, leading to burning pain, numbness, and tingling in the outer thigh.

Meralgia paresthetica generally occurs on one side and is increased in people of advanced age. People between the ages of 30 and 60 are at higher risk, as well as those with diabetes-related nerve ...

Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment or meralgia paresthetica is a tingling numbness and burning pain of the lateral thigh that is caused by entrapment of the sensory nerve of the lateral ...

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 ...