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Case presentation: We describe the case of a 52-year-old man with respiratory failure during COVID-19 infection, who underwent prone position ventilation for 16 hours a day over 19 days and developed persistent burning pain and dysaesthesia on the lateral surface of the thigh bilaterally, diagnosed as meralgia paraesthetica. Conclusion: This is the second report describing meralgia paraesthetica following prone position ventilation in COVID-19. Given the ongoing pandemic and the inevitability of more patients with severe respiratory distress requiring prone position ventilation, this disabling entrapment condition should be considered and possibly prevented.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.12890\/2020_002039","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,25]],"date-time":"2021-05-25T09:52:37Z","timestamp":1621936357000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Meralgia Paraesthetica after Prone Position Ventilation in a Patient with COVID-19"],"prefix":"10.12890","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Lucio","family":"Marinelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Clinical Neurophysiology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy; Department of Neuroscience (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Mori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuroscience (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy; Division of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chiara","family":"Avanti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuroscience (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy; Division of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Filippo","family":"Cotellessa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuroscience (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy; Division of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sabrina","family":"Fabbri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurology Unit, P.A. 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