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Obturator nerve entrapment
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Contents
Background
- Follows trauma and pelvic fractures
Clinical Features
- Pain in groin and down inner thigh
- Aggravated by movement of the hip
Differential Diagnosis
Hip pain
- Femur fracture
- Hip dislocation
- Hip bursitis
- Psoas abscess
- Piriformis syndrome
- Meralgia paresthetica
- Septic Arthritis (Hip)
- Obturator nerve entrapment
- Pelvic fractures
- Avascular necrosis of hip
Evaluation
Management
- Refer for for definitive diagnosis with electromyography
Disposition
References
Authors
Jordan Swartz, Ross Donaldson, Daniel Ostermayer, Neil Young
