title: Pelvic nerve neuropathy after kidney transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the relation of various age, gender, diabetes, hypertension, and graft function with the prevalence of femoral and lateral cutaneous nerves sensory and/or motor disturbances after kidney transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Among 129 patients who underwent kidney transplantation from April 2001 to March 2002. We excluded, 10 due to preoperative sensory disturbances. We evaluated the prevalence of sensory and/or motor disturbances preoperatively by physical examination and postoperatively by both physical and electromyography examinations. The clinical findings were correlated with the following risk factors: age, gender, preoperative dialysis duration, background diseases. (e.g., diabetes, hypertension), graft weight, nephron mass index, operative and retraction time, and rejection episodes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 1 to 9 days postoperatively, 31 ng (26%) patients, suffered neuropathy of the lateral cutaneous nerve and 4 (3.3%), femoral neuropathy. No meaningful relation was detected between the incidence of neuropathy and these risk factors. The probability of neuropathy was greater among diabetics, hypertensives, women, and those with graft rejection episodes. All of these complaints were temporary.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Post-kidney transplant femoral and/or lateral cutaneous nerve neuropathy is a prevalent complication particularly in diabetic, hypertensive, and female patients. Neuropathy is also more evident after graft rejection.
authors.affiliation: Urology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. nikoobakht_m@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nikoobakht
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahboobi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saraji
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehrsai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Emamzadeh
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Mahmoudi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pourmand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D009443:Neuritis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000294:innervation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence