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Femoral nerve injury following a lumbar plexus blockade
Irfan Güngör1, Murat Zinnuroğlu2, Ayça Taş1
1Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Background:
Lumbar plexus blockade (LPB) combined with sciatic nerve block (SNB) is frequently used for lower extremity surgery. Perioperative nerve injury is a rarely encountered complication of peripheral nerve blocks (PNB).
Case Report:
Here we report a 44-year-old male patient who developed a partial femoral nerve injury (FNI) following a LPB which was performed before the surgery of a patellar fracture. The clinical and electroneuromyographic findings of the patient were recovered almost completely within the following six months.
Conclusion:
The presented case demonstrated a FNI despite the absence of any pain or paresthesia sensation, with the disappearance of motor response under 0.3 mA of neurostimulation in the experienced hands.
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