Laparoscopic injury and repair of obturator nerve during radical prostatectomy.
A 61-year-old man with bilateral Gleason score 7 (3+4) clinical Stage T1c prostate cancer was treated with laparoscopic bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy and radical prostatectomy. The left obturator nerve was inadvertently transected during left obturator lymph node dissection and repaired by laparoscopic reapproximation.
Spaliviero
Massimiliano
M
Section of Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
Steinberg
Andrew P
AP
Kaouk
Jihad H
JH
Desai
Mihir M
MM
Hammert
Warren C
WC
Gill
Inderbir S
IS
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009776:Obturator Nerve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*