Iatrogenic femoral nerve injuries: Analysis of medico-legal issues through a scoping review approach.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Accidental femoral nerve injury is a well-known iatrogenic complication of orthopaedic, abdominal, and pelvic surgery. Because of the largely transitory nature of the symptoms associated with nerve damage, its true incidence is in all likelihood underestimated. This work aims to illustrate the surgical contexts within which this nerve injury is reported, based on the evidence obtained from a Scoping Review of the literature of the last 20 years, with specific reference to the underlying etiopathogenetic mechanisms and prognostic outcomes, to highlight the evaluation issues of medico-legal interest related to this pathology.

Methods

We conducted a Scoping Review of iatrogenic femoral nerve injuries reported between 2000 and 2021 by searching the electronic databases P

SUBMITTER: Gibelli F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593564 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature