A 13-Year-Old Boy Comes to the Office for a Postoperative

A 13-year-old boy comes to the office for a postoperative follow-up visit.  He was seen in the emergency department 3 weeks earlier with acute abdominal pain and was found to have acute appendicitis.  The patient underwent urgent appendectomy without any apparent immediate complications and was released home.  Several days later, he started having burning pain at the surgical scar radiating to the suprapubic region but otherwise feels well.  Examination shows a healed surgical incision centered over McBurney point.  There is a loss of sensation over the right suprapubic area.  The cremasteric reflex is normal.  Which of the following nerves is most likely injured in this patient?

A) Femoral
B) Genitofemoral
C) Iliohypogastric
D) Ilioinguinal
E) Lateral femoral cutaneous
F) Obturator

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