title: Laparoscopic injury and repair of obturator nerve during radical prostatectomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spaliviero
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: Jihad H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kaouk
authors.forename: Mihir M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Warren C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hammert
authors.forename: Inderbir S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: 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*