The femoral nerve is different from the LATERAL femoral nerve which causes MP.
Here is a link... illustration 2B shows both nerves in the drawing.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0401/p2109.html#
The femoral nerve
affects a different area of the leg including the shin and knee. The lateral femoral nerve does not reach the knee, and is confined to the front and partial side of the thigh only.
The femoral nerve affects muscle functions. Pain from it will be in the groin area.
The LATERAL femoral nerve of MP does NOT affect muscle functions or strength and is not in the groin but on the side of the upper thigh.
Femoral nerve damage is NOT MP... MP is only a sensory thing, on the front and side of the thigh, and not typically in the deeper groin area.
If your doctor does not understand this distinction...find another doctor.
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Weezie looking at petunias 8.25.2017
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