Open AccessModification of obturator to femoral nerve transfer for femoral nerve palsy
Author(s) -
David Graham,
Brahman Sivakumar,
Richard D. Lawson
Publication year - 2020
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.