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The lumbar plexus is formed by the loops of communication between the anterior roots of the first three lumbar nerves, the greater part of the fourth nerve fibres and, in as many as 50 % of cases, by a branch from T12; occasionally a contribution by L5 is possible.
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Tognù, A., Genco, D., Josca, L., Giarratana, S., Grossi, P. (2016). Common Nerve Blocks of the Lower Limb. In: Randelli, P., Dejour, D., van Dijk, C., Denti, M., Seil, R. (eds) Arthroscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49376-2_5
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