Short-term femoral nerve complications following percutaneous transfemoral procedures.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the prevalence of transient femoral nerve anesthesia following transfemoral angiographic procedures.


METHODS
Fifty-eight patients undergoing a variety of routine transfemoral procedures underwent a neurologic assessment within an hour of the procedure.


RESULTS
Nine patients (16%) were found to have complete or partial deficits in the ipsilateral femoral nerve territory. All deficits were transient.


CONCLUSIONS
Transient femoral nerve deficits are not uncommon following transfemoral procedures. With the advent of true outpatient vascular procedures (where the patient may walk away after only a 30-minutes recovery period following a transvenous intervention or after 60 minutes following arteriography), transient neurologic problems related to the infiltration of local anesthetic around the femoral artery assume real clinical importance.
Jarosz
J M
JM
Department of Radiology, Guy's Hospitals, London, England.
McKeown
B
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Reidy
J F
JF
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D000792:Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000502:physiology; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D011677:Punctures / Q000295:instrumentation; D012026:Reflex, Stretch / Q000187:drug effects; D012677:Sensation / Q000187:drug effects*; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced
D008012:Lidocaine