Intrapelvic and thigh-level femoral nerve lesions: Management and outcomes in 119 surgically treated cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 989-996

  Kim, Daniel H ^a   Murovic, Judith A ^b   Tiel, Robert L ^b   Kline, David G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Femoral nerve; Nerve action potential; Nerve repair; Sural graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; CYST; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GANGLION CYST; GUNSHOT INJURY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HERNIA; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LACERATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE LESION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROSARCOMA; NEUROLYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURAL NERVE; SUTURING METHOD; THIGH; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 2442679089     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.6.0989     Document Type: Article

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