- See:
innervation
Femoral Nerve:
L2,
L3 ,
L4
Genital Femoral:
L2,
L3 ,
L4
Lateral Cutaneus:
L2,
L3
Obturator Nerve:
L2,
L3 ,
L4
Quadratus Lumborum :
T12,
L1,
L2,
L3
- Pearls:
- tauma at this level may cause
cauda equina syndrome;
- myelomenigocele:
- 100% of pts who have lesion at
L1 or
L2 or higher use wheelchair;
- 78% of pts who have lesion at lower level (
L3,
L4,
L5) use wheelchair at least part of the time;
Orthopaedic management of high-level spina bifida. Early walking compared with early use of a wheelchair.
