Cosmetic deformities after iliac crest bone grafting are usually related to removal of the superior surface of the ilium or to the development of an unsatisfactory scar. A number of recent ...

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 ...

He broke a bone called the iliac crest. If you look at a skeleton straight on, those are the bat-wing-like bones that flare out at the waist. So, really, it’s more the pelvis than the hip.