Abdominal Wall Nerve Injury During Laparoscopic Gynecologic Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Treatment Outcomes

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 448-453

  Shin, Ja Hyun ^a   Howard, Fred M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fascial closure; Iliohypogastric; Ilioinguinal; Laparoscopy; Nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; ILIOHYPOGASTRIC ILIOINGUINAL NEUROPATHY; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; ADULT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863008089     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: 15534669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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