Laparoscopic positioning and nerve injuries

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 664-672

  Barnett, J Cory ^a   Hurd, William W ^a   Rogers Jr , Robert M ^b   Williams, Ned L ^a   Shapiro, Scott A ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KALISPELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Gynecology; Laparoscopy; Lithotomy; Nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; GABAPENTIN; PREGABALIN; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LITHOTOMY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; OBTURATOR NERVE; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN NERVE; SOMNOLENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34548457267     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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