Affiliations: [a] Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey | [b] Department of Urology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author: Bilge Kesikburun, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Irfan Baştuğ Cadddesi, Dışkapı, Ankara, Turkey. Tel.: +90 312 5912000; Fax: +90 312 2911009; E-mail:[email protected]
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. CONCLUSION: Postoperative femoral neuropathy is an unexpected
complication after total nephrectomy surgery. The prognosis is relatively
good and early physical therapy can produce rapid recovery.
Keywords: Femoral neuropathy, nephrectomy, surgical complication, hip dysplasia
