Transient femoral neuropathy after harvest of bone from the iliac crest

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 572-574

  Farrow, Adrian ^a   Morrison, Rory ^a   Pickersgill, Trevor ^b   Currie, Roger ^a   Hammersley, Nicholas ^a  

^a MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone graft; Femoral nerve; Local anaesthesia; Mononeuropathy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BONE GRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG INFUSION; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE SURGERY; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; MONONEUROPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8644251467     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-4356(04)00135-4     Document Type: Article

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