Open AccessIsolated Injection Injury to the Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerve
Author(s) -
Vasudeva G. Iyer,
Christopher B. Shields
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198911000-00027
Subject(s) - medicine , sciatic nerve , femoral nerve , sciatic nerve injury , nerve injury , surgery , anesthesia , anatomy
The sciatic nerve is by far the most common nerve accidentally injured during intramuscular injection. Despite its close proximity to the sciatic nerve, however, injury to the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve is apparently quite rare. In this report, clinical features of a patient with isolated injection injury to the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve are described.