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Femoral neuropathy after renal transplantation.
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1978
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Peripheral Nerve InjurySurgeryResidual Neurological DeficitPostoperative Femoral NeuropathyPeripheral NerveRenal TransplantationPeripheral NervesSpinal DisorderNephrologyOrthopaedic SurgeryRenal Transplant PatientsNeuropathologyTransplantation SurgerySpinal Cord InjuryKidney TransplantUrologyKidney TransplantationTransplant SurgeryTransplant ArteriopathyMedicineNeuromusculoskeletal DisorderAnesthesiology
Two cases of postoperative femoral neuropathy have been encountered in 135 renal transplant patients operated upon at Groote Schuur Hospital since 1967. It is thought that the lesions were due to anoxia secondary to compression of the nerve by a self-retaining retractor blade. Electromyographic studies were useful in assessing the severity and prognosis of the lesion. A prolonged convalescence may occur with a varying degree of residual neurological deficit.