Endogenous Causes of Obturator Nerve Entrapment: Literature Review and Proposal of a Treatment Algorithm
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Study Selection and Characteristics
3.2. Study Characteristics and Demographic Data
3.3. Obturator Nerve Entrapment Due to Tumors
3.3.1. Clinical Example 1—Schwannoma
3.3.2. Clinical Example 2—Lipoma
3.4. Obturator Nerve Entrapment Due to Obturator Hernia
3.5. Obturator Nerve Entrapment Due to Endometriosis
3.6. Obturator Nerve Entrapment Due to Cystic Lesions
Clinical Example 3—Ganglion Cyst
3.7. Obturator Nerve Entrapment Due to Vascular Causes
3.8. Obturator Nerve Entrapment Due to Idiopathic Causes
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Scharfetter, S.; Wimmer, F.; Russe, E.; Schwaiger, K.; Pumberger, P.; Weitgasser, L.; Schaffler, G.; Wechselberger, G. Endogenous Causes of Obturator Nerve Entrapment: Literature Review and Proposal of a Treatment Algorithm. J. Clin. Med. 2025, 14, 2068. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14062068
Scharfetter S, Wimmer F, Russe E, Schwaiger K, Pumberger P, Weitgasser L, Schaffler G, Wechselberger G. Endogenous Causes of Obturator Nerve Entrapment: Literature Review and Proposal of a Treatment Algorithm. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2025; 14(6):2068. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14062068
Chicago/Turabian StyleScharfetter, Sandra, Florian Wimmer, Elisabeth Russe, Karl Schwaiger, Peter Pumberger, Laurenz Weitgasser, Gottfried Schaffler, and Gottfried Wechselberger. 2025. "Endogenous Causes of Obturator Nerve Entrapment: Literature Review and Proposal of a Treatment Algorithm" Journal of Clinical Medicine 14, no. 6: 2068. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14062068
APA StyleScharfetter, S., Wimmer, F., Russe, E., Schwaiger, K., Pumberger, P., Weitgasser, L., Schaffler, G., & Wechselberger, G. (2025). Endogenous Causes of Obturator Nerve Entrapment: Literature Review and Proposal of a Treatment Algorithm. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(6), 2068. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14062068