Iatrogenic femoral nerve injury: A systematic review

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 649-658

  Moore, Abigail E ^a   Stringer, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Femoral neuropathy; Iatrogenic nerve injury; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY PUNCTURE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMORAL NERVE INJURY; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PELVIS SURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETRACTOR; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84155172570     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-011-0791-0     Document Type: Review

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