Femoral nerve palsy caused by a self-retaining polyretractor during major pelvic surgery

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 66-68

  Corbu, Carlo ^a   Campodonico, Fabio ^a   Traverso, Paolo ^a   Carmignani, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Femoral neuropathy; Self retaining retractor; Surgical complication

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RETRACTOR; SKIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036158037     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048421     Document Type: Article

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