1.3. Relationship between the lumbar and sacral plexuses
1.4. Overview diagrams of the lower limb plexuses
2. The obturator nerve
2.1. Morphological data
2.1.1. Origin
2.1.2. Path
2.1.3. Neurovascular relations
2.1.4. Collateral branches
2.1.5. Terminal branches
2.1.6. Motor function
2.1.7. Sensitive function
2.1.8. Anastomoses
2.2. Pathology
2.2.1. Obturator neuralgia
2.2.2. Etiology2.2.3. Clinical significance
2.2.4. Complementary examinations
2.2.5. Treatment
3. The femoral nerve
3.1. Morphological data
3.1.1. Origin
3.1.2. Path
3.1.3. Neurovascular relations
3.1.4. Collateral branches
3.1.5. Terminal branches
3.1.6. Motor function
3.1.7. Sensitive function
3.1.8. Anastomoses
3.2. Pathology
3.2.1. Femoral nerve syndrome or Femoral Neuralgia
3.2.2. Etiology
3.2.3. Clinical significance
3.2.4. Complementary examinations
3.2.5. Treatment
4. The sciatic nerve
4.1. Morphological data
4.1.1. Origin
4.1.2. Path
4.1.3. Neurovascular relations
4.1.4. Collateral branches
4.1.5. Terminal branches
4.1.6. Motor function
4.1.7. Sensitive function
4.1.8. Anastomoses
4.2. Pathology
4.2.1. Etiology
4.2.2. Clinical significance
4.2.3. Clinical forms
4.2.4. Complementary examinations
4.2.5. Treatment
5. The tibial nerve
5.1. Morphological data
5.1.1. Origin
5.1.2. Path
5.1.3. Neurovascular relations
5.1.4. Collateral branches
5.1.5. Terminal branches
5.1.6. Motor function
5.1.7. Sensitive function
5.1.8. Anastomoses
5.2. Pathology
5.2.1. Soleus syndrome
5.2.2. Etiology
5.2.3. Clinical significance
5.2.4. Complementary examinations
5.2.5. Treatment
5.3. Tarsal tunnel syndrome
5.3.1. Etiology
5.3.2. Clinical significance
5.3.3. Clinical forms
5.3.4. Complementary examinations
5.3.5. Treatment
6. The common fibular nerve
6.1. Morphological data
6.1.1. Origin
6.1.2. Path
6.1.3. Neurovascular relations
6.1.4. Collateral branches
6.1.5. Terminal branches
6.1.6. Motor function
6.1.7. Sensitive function
6.1.8. Anastomoses
6.2. Pathology
6.2.1. Fibular nerve injury
6.2.2. Etiology
6.2.3. Clinical significance
6.2.4. Clinical forms
6.2.5. Complementary examinations
6.2.6. Treatment
7. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
7.1. Morphological data
7.1.1. Origin
7.1.2. Path
7.1.3. Neurovascular relations
7.1.4. Terminal branches
7.1.5. Sensitive function
7.2. Pathology
7.2.1. Meralgia paraesthetica
7.2.2. Etiology
7.2.3. Clinical significance
8. Other nerves
8.1. Iliohypogastric nerve
8.1.1 Morphological data
8.2. Ilioinguinal nerve
8.2.1 Morphological data
8.3. Pathology
8.3.1 Entrapment neuropathies of the ilioinguinal nerve and of the hypogastric nerve
8.3.2 Etiology
8.3.3 Clinical significance
8.3.4 Clinical forms
8.3.5 Treatment
9. General views
10. Bibliography
INDEX
Prof. Philippe Rigoard is a Senior surgeon and coordinator of the Spine & Neuromodulation Unit within the Neurosurgical Department, at the Poitiers University Hospital, in France. He is also an Honorary Consultant at St Thomas & Guy’s Hospital, Pain clinic, in London, UK, an Anatomy conference reader at the Human Morphology Institute, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Poitiers and a Researcher at the Inserm, CIC (Clinical Investigation Center) 802. He is research program director of the N3Lab, Neuromodulation & Neural Networks Lab in Poitiers.
In parallel of studying anatomy and morphology at National Art Institute, Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1994-1996, he decided to enter into medicine. He received his medical degree as 1st Laureate of faculty of Medicine, Poitiers in 2006 and completed postgraduate medical training in spine surgery 2008 and a fellowship in functional neurosurgery in 2009.
From 2002-2007 he also completed his PhD of Sciences, in Poitiers as well as several degrees including in Neuromuscular Diseases, acute pain, chronic pain and pain management in emergency conditions, microsurgical techniques and surgical robotics.
His main research interest is neuromodulation and spine biomechanics. He has intensive scientific collaborations with several researchers worldwide, e.g., Dr. Kumar (Canada), Dr. Desai, Dr. North, Dr. Slavin (USA) and Dr. Al-Kaisy (UK). He is reviewer for many scientific journals and a member of several learnt societies, including the International Association for the Study of Pain, International Neuromodulation society, European Association of Neurosurgeons, French and North American Society of Spine Surgery.
He has also published dozens of journal articles, abstracts, and book chapters, and has lectured at numerous conferences and symposia worldwide.