MERALGIA PARAESTHETICA FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL-HERNIA REPAIR - AN ANATOMICAL ANALYSIS

Authors
BROIN EO HORNER C MEALY K KERIN MJ GILLEN P OBRIEN M TANNER WA
Citation
Eo. Broin et al., MERALGIA PARAESTHETICA FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL-HERNIA REPAIR - AN ANATOMICAL ANALYSIS, Surgical endoscopy, 9(1), 1995, pp. 76-78
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09302794
Volume
9
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
76 - 78
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-2794(1995)9:1<76:MPFLIR>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Entrapment of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh (LCNT) is a rec ognized complication of laparoscopic hernia repair. In our first 10 pa tients in a series of 30 laparoscopic herniorrhaphies we encountered t wo cases of meralgia paraesthetica, leading us to review our surgical technique and analyze the local anatomy in 20 LCNT cadaver dissections . The distances of the LCNT from fixed anatomical points were analyzed and safe margins of mesh placement at laparoscopic herniorrhaphy were defined.