Injury to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (Bernhardt's syndrome) or meralgia paresthetica occurs after harvest of the bone from the anterior iliac crest. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is ...

1 over each posterior superior iliac spine and 2 others placed 3 cm below and 1 cm medial to each of the first sites. Exact locations of these do not appear to be critical to its success [31 ...