Modification of obturator to femoral nerve transfer for femoral nerve palsy | Zendy

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Modification of obturator to femoral nerve transfer for femoral nerve palsy

Author(s) -

David J. Graham,

Brahman Sivakumar,

Richard D. Lawson

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

annals of the royal college of surgeons of england

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1478-7083

pISSN - 0035-8843

DOI - 10.1308/rcsann.2019.0162

Subject(s) - femoral nerve , medicine , obturator nerve , surgery , complication , palsy , pathology , alternative medicine

Postoperative femoral nerve palsy with nerve division is a potentially devastating complication with a poor prognosis, especially when there is a delay in diagnosis. We present a novel 'belt and braces' approach for managing this unusual injury, using a modification of a nerve transfer, which has only been previously reported in the literature three times to our knowledge.

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