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Femoral nerve palsy with patella fracture
Sang Hyoung Lee1, Tong Joo Lee2, Min Su Woo2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dongguk University Hospital, Ilsan, Korea.
Abstract:
Femoral neuropathy may be associated with various etiologies and can cause severe walking disability. We present the case of a 25-year-old woman who underwent surgical repair for a patella fracture and complained of lower extremity pain, paresthesia, and weakness postoperatively. Electromyography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed partial peripheral neuropathy of the left femoral nerve associated with the patella fracture. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of femoral neuropathy associated with a patella fracture.
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