Transient postoperative femoral neuropathy following prone positioning for posterior spine surgery: illustrative case
A careful neurological examination and imaging review can determine a peripheral nerve injury that is expected to resolve with conservative management compared with a postsurgical nerve root injury or hematoma that would benefit from immediate surgical exploration. https://thejns.org/doi/10.3171/CASE25239.
Authors
- Doris D. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6112-3002)
- Nina I. Garga
- David P. Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8891-1893)
- Cecilia Dalle Ore
- Daniel A. Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7221-3425)
- Ninad S. Bhat
- Alexa Semonche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8076-3937)
- David Caldwell
- Frank Panza
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Foundation for Human Potential (US)
- San Francisco VA Health Care System (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/case25239
- Primary Topic
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00