title: Femoral nerve injury after nephrectomy: A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Femoral nerve injury is not a common complication of the abdominopelvic surgical procedures.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of femoral neuropathy after nephrectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 71-year-old female patient with a right-sided congenital hip dysplasia developed numbness, tingling and burning pain in the right thigh and muscle weakness in the right hip after the nephrectomy surgery. Neurological examination and electrodiagnostic test revealed a femoral nerve injury. Prognosis of the femoral neuropathy was good. The quadriceps muscle weakness improved within six months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Postoperative femoral neuropathy is an unexpected complication after total nephrectomy surgery. The prognosis is relatively good and early physical therapy can produce rapid recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bilge
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kesikburun
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ekşioğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ece Ünlü
authors.initials: EÜ
authors.lastname: Akyüz
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fuat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demirel
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aytül
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Çakcı
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation
keywords: Femoral neuropathy; hip dysplasia; nephrectomy; surgical complication