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Case Report
Femoral Neuropathy:: A Complication of the Lithotomy Position
  1. Kanti K. Gombar, M.D.*,**,
  2. Sukhbir S. Sangwan, M.S., D.N.B.§∥,
  3. Satinder Gombar, M.D.**,†,
  4. Ram C. Siwach, M.S., D.N.B.∥,# and
  5. Baljit Singh, M.D.**,‡
  1. **From the Departments of Anaesthesia and
  2. ∥Orthopaedies, Medical College and Hospital, Rohtak, India.
  3. *Reader.
  4. †Lecturer.
  5. ‡Registrar.
  6. §Associate Professor.
  7. #Lecturer.
  1. Address reprint requests to Kanti K. Gombar, M.D., Head, Department of Anaesthesia, Medical College and Hospital, Rohtak 124001, India.

Abstract

There are a limited number of reports of femoral neuropathy after surgery in the lithotomy position. Four patients who developed this complication are described.

  • Neuropathy
  • femoral.

https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-00115550-199217050-00012

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