OBTURATOR NEUROPATHY AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY

Authors
FISHMAN JR MORAN ME CAREY RW
Citation
Jr. Fishman et al., OBTURATOR NEUROPATHY AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY, Urology, 42(2), 1993, pp. 198-200
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904295
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
198 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4295(1993)42:2<198:ONALPL>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A case of obturator nerve injury with delayed manifestation following laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy is presented. While the incidence of obturator nerve injury does not appear to differ between open surgi cal and laparoscopic approaches, the laparoscopic approach demands une quivocal visualization of the nerve when utilizing electrocautery beca use of the risk of nerve injury from thermal conduction through appose d tissues.