FEMORAL NEUROPATHY COMPLICATING UROLOGIC ABDOMINOPELVIC PROCEDURES

Authors
HALL MC KOCH MO SMITH JA
Citation
Mc. Hall et al., FEMORAL NEUROPATHY COMPLICATING UROLOGIC ABDOMINOPELVIC PROCEDURES, Urology, 45(1), 1995, pp. 146-149
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904295
Volume
45
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
146 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4295(1995)45:1<146:FNCUAP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report on 3 cases of femoral neuropathy following radical surgery f or urologic malignancy. The defect was bilateral in 2 patients. Compre ssion from self-retaining retractors was the presumed mechanism of inj ury in all patients. Spontaneous improvement was observed in each case although the symptoms did not resolve completely. The pathophysiology contributing to this operative complication as well as measures for p revention and treatment are discussed.