What is the Obturator Nerve Block?
An obturator nerve block is a nerve block administered to the areas including hip, anterior thigh, knee, lower leg or foot. The obturator nerve supplies a small, variable amount of skin on the medial aspect of the knee and lower thigh. Importantly enough, it also has branches to the knee and hip joint. Experts suggest that the obturator nerve is a mixed nerve, which in most cases, provides motor function to the adductor muscles and cutaneous sensation to a small area behind the knee.
