Management of Peripheral Entrapment Neuropathy Following Abdominoplasty: A Case Report

In a systematic review by Ducic et al in this journal, the authors highlighted how important but underreported nerve injuries are after an abdominoplasty.1 Complications, such as chronic numbness or pain, can have extreme effects on a patientu0027s life. Although the total risk of any nerve injury has been reported to be 1.94%, this is likely an underestimation given that around 7.67% of patients report post-procedural hypoesthesia. The most commonly injured nerve related to surgical incision was the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (1.36% of all patients). In contrast, there are only a handful of iliohypogastric nerve injuries resulting from abdominoplasties, representing 0.10% of all patients. Most notably, in their literature search, the authors were able to find only two reported cases of iliohypogastric nerve injuries in the literature. We hope to continue to bring attention to this underexplored adverse effect of abdominoplasty.We present the case of a 39-year-old woman with right lower quadrant abdominal pain …