title: [War injuries of the femoral nerve. Apropos of a series of 27 cases].
abstract: The authors report a series of 27 war injuries to the femoral nerve which represent approximately 1% of all of the war injuries to peripheral nerves operated in our department since the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1978 and during the 8 years of the war between Iran and Iraq. All of the victims presented with associated lesions: abdominal (24 laparotomies, including 10 colostomies) and/or vascular (3 iliac artery by-pass grafts). We divided the cases into 3 groups. In Group 1 (18 cases), the femoral nerve had a mean defect of 8 centimetres which was grafted. In Group 2 (4 cases), the nerve was simply compressed by fibrosis and/or metallic bodies and was released. In Group 3 (5 cases), the nerve trunk had a partial loss of substance which was grafted. The motor results were very satisfactory (M3 to M5) in the 3 groups with muscular recovery in about 2 years.
authors.affiliation: Département de Microchirurgie et Chirurgie Reconstructrice, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Téhéran, Iran.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gousheh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Razian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000637:transplantation; D014857:Warfare; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating
vernacular_title: Les blessures de guerre du nerf crural. A propos d'une série de vingt-sept cas.