NCT04004052

Conservative Treatment and Ultrasound Guided Injection for Treatment Meralgia Paresthetica

Conservative Treatment Versus Ultrasound Guided Injection in Management of Meralgia Paresthetica: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 42 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Meralgia paresthetica (MP) is an entrapment mononeuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN), where conservative treatment options are not always sufficient. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound (US) guided lateral femoral cutaneous nerve injection in the management of meralgia paresthetica by comparing with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy and sham transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation therapy.

Detailed description

In this prospective, randomized, sham-controlled study, fifty four patients (23 female and 31 male, the mean age 53.61±11.99 years) with lateral femoral cutaneous nerve compression with clinical and electrophysiological findings were enrolled. Patients were randomly assigned to three groups: 1) Ultrasound-guided injection group, 2) TENS group, 3) Sham TENS group. The blockage of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve was performed for therapeutic meralgia paresthetica management in group 1. Ten sessions of conventional TENS were administered to each patient 5 days a week for 2 weeks, for 20 minutes per daily session in Group 2, and sham TENS was applied to group 3 with the same protocol. Visual Analog Scale (VAS), painDETECT questionnaire (PD-Q), Semmes Weinstein monofilament test (SWMt), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and health-related quality of life (SF 36), at onset (T1), 15 days after treatment (T2) and 1 month after treatment (T3) were used for evaluation.

Conditions

• Meralgia Paresthetica

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Ultrasound guided injection
OTHER	Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
OTHER	Sham Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-01-01
• Completion: 2015-01-01
• First posted: 2019-07-01
• Last updated: 2020-02-20