? Obturator Neuralgia Needing Help

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I have had 4 inguinal hernia surgerys an nerves where cut I have chronic pain, all day long . I have burning sharp tender pain where I was cut in my iner thigh. My right testicle is numb and pain runs down my leg. My pain management Dr . meds helps a little. I can’t take the pain; is there something I can do ? I need help really bad!!!!

First thing seems to me, to be what nerves are damaged?

The usual are either the iilioinguinal or genitofemoral nerves:

However, if the pain is going down the leg more then that would suggest the obturator nerve is affected:

(possible extent down with obturator)

Pain going down the leg further than first picture would suggest obturator neuralgia. This is mentioned here with a possible treatment. If suspected, the first thing would be to freeze the nerve and see if it helped. (obturator nerve block) – anesthetists should do that; although my local one won’t – so I ended up doing it.

Treatment of Obturator Neuralgia With Laparoscopic Neurolysis . The Journal of Urology , Volume 179 , Issue 2 , Pages 590 – 595J . Rigaud , J . Labat , T . Riant , O . Hamel , O . Bouchot , R . Robert

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