title: Femoral neuropathy after pelvic surgery.
abstract: Femoral neuropathy is an uncommon complication following pelvic surgery. We report on 2 cases of femoral nerve injury after pelvic surgery: 1 patient received radical cystectomy due to invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder, and the other patient had a transurethral resection of the bladder and received exploration and biopsy of a tumor mass over the right sacroiliac joint area. Pathogenesis and prevention of the complication of femoral neuropathy are discussed in the following report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis / Q000601:surgery*