ABSTRACT
Meralgia paresthetica is a distinctive condition, more common in men than in women, characterised by paraesthesiae and often burning pain over the anterolateral aspect of the thigh. Meralgia paresthetica, or lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy, is a neurological disorder due to the entrapment of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, with subsequent numbness and/or pain on the anterolateral aspect of the thigh. Meralgia paresthetica is caused when one of the large sensory nerves to one of the legs is being compressed. Meralgia paresthetica is an uncommon, but known, complication of total hip arthroplasty. Hip resurfacing was identified as a risk factor for lateral femoral cutaneous nerve neuropraxia. It is imperative to differentiate the symptoms of meralgia paresthetica from other causes of pain and nerve discomfort that can have similar clinical presentations. Meralgia paresthetica is a condition that causes numbness, pain or a burning feeling in your outer thigh.
