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Postoperative lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy
Author(s) -
Jablecki Charles K.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199908)22:8<1129::aid-mus19>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , entrapment neuropathy , femoral nerve , anesthesia , cutaneous nerve , thigh , carpal tunnel syndrome
Lateral femoral cutaneous (LFC) neuropathy was diagnosed in a woman who developed pain and paresthesias in the right thigh 6 days after abdominal hysterectomy by a suprapubic approach. After surgery, the patient slept in the fetal position to control the postoperative suprapubic pain. The LFC neuropathy improved with therapy including avoidance of hip flexion during sleep. Prolonged postoperative hip flexion to relieve the abdominal incisional pain provides an explanation for LFC neuropathy after abdominal surgery when the onset of symptoms is delayed. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 22: 1129–1131, 1999