title: Femoral nerve palsy caused by a self-retaining polyretractor during major pelvic surgery.
abstract: Postoperative femoral neuropathy is not a well-recognized complication in urology. We report 2 cases of femoral nerve palsy due to compression ascribed to the use of the self-retaining retractor. In the first case, the left femoral nerve was injured, and in the second case nerve injury was bilateral and synchronous. The clinical symptoms were a weakness of the quadriceps muscle and sensory anesthesia of the surrounding skin.
authors.affiliation: Luciano Giuliani Institute of Urology, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corbu
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Campodonico
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Traverso
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carmignani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*