title: Correction of iatrogenic injury of the obturator nerve during pelvic laparoscopic lymphadenectomy by the use of sural nerve grafts.
abstract: •Intraoperative injury of the obturator nerve is not an infrequent complication of gynecological surgeries.•This injury can occur in association with pelvic lymphadenectomy for uterine or cervical cancer.•This manuscript demonstrates an alternative technique for the obturator nerve repair, when primary end to end anastomosis is not possible.
authors.affiliation: Gynecology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo - ICESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.affiliation: Gynecology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo - ICESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silva E Silva
authors.affiliation: Gynecology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo - ICESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Gynecology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Baracat
authors.affiliation: Gynecology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo - ICESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Favero
keywords: Autologous sural nerve grafts; Endometrial cancer; Iatrogenic section; Iliac lymphadenectomy; Obturator nerve