Effect of Lithotomy Positions on Strain of the Obturator and Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerves

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-49

  Litwiller, Jonathan P ^a   Wells Jr , Robert E ^a   Halliwill, John R ^a   Carmichael, Stephen W ^a   Warner, Mark A ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower extremities; Nerve injury; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CADAVER; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG; LITHOTOMY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; OBTURATOR NERVE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; THIGH; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; OBTURATOR NERVE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PELVIS; POSTURE; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0346334513     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10168     Document Type: Article

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