title: A reappraisal on the management of lumbosacral plexopathies in gynecological malignancies: where do the physiatrists stand?
abstract: Two patients are reported here with gynecological malignancies--an ovarian and a cervical carcinoma--who had suffered from lumbar plexopathies during their follow-up. Their management is discussed with an emphasis on the collaboration of the gynecologists and the rehabilitation physicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey. lozcakar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ozçakar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaymak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akinci
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Taşkiran
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayhan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*