Neurotization of femoral nerve using the anterior branch of the obturator nerve

ABSTRACT

Nerve transfer is nowadays a standard procedure for motor reinnervation. There is a vast number of articles in the literature which describe different techniques of neurotization performed after brachial plexus injuries. Although lower limb nerve transfers have also been studied, the number of articles are much limited. The sacrifice of a donor nerve to reinnervate a disrupted one causes morbidity of whichever structures that healthy nerve innervated before the transfer. New studies are focused on isolating branches or fascicles of the main donor trunk that can also be useful for rein-nervation in order to limit donor site motor dysfuntion. Femoral nerve injury due to trauma or surgery cause loss of function of the iliopsoas and quadriceps muscles, which impairs normal gait. In this article we present two clinical cases of femoral nerve injury that were successfully treated with the anterior branch of the obturator nerve

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