Transient femoral neuropathy after harvest of bone from the iliac crest.
A 31-year-old woman had bone harvested from the left anterior iliac crest as a graft for an augmentation genioplasty. For postoperative analgesia, she was given a bupivacaine infusion into the iliac wound. She developed a temporary left femoral mononeuropathy from which she recovered completely.
Farrow
Adrian
A
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Monklands District General Hospital, Airdrie, Lanarkshire ML6 OJS, Scotland, UK.
Morrison
Rory
R
Pickersgill
Trevor
T
Currie
Roger
R
Hammersley
Nicholas
N
D000328:Adult; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017148:Infusions, Intraosseous / Q000009:adverse effects; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D002045:Bupivacaine