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Femoral neuropathy after laparoscopy. A case report
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
The Journal of Reproductive Medicine
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
Femoral neuropathy has been reported to occur after abdominal hysterectomies and has been related to nerve compression by abdominal wound retractors. We report a case of a 35-year-old woman with infertility who developed unilateral femoral nerve palsy after laparoscopy and hysteroscopy. This rare complication, secondary to extreme flexion, abduction and lateral rotation of the hip joint, can be prevented by careful preoperative patient positioning.