Treatment concepts for idiopathic and iatrogenic femoral nerve mononeuropathy

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 397-401

  Ducic, Ivica ^a   Dellon, Lee ^b,c,d   Larson, Ethan E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Inst for Peripheral Nerve Surgery   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral nerve; Injury; Neurolysis; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLYSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 25844477488     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000181359.19366.4d     Document Type: Article

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