Use of a lateral surgical approach to the femoral nerve in the management of two primary femoral nerve sheath tumours. Academic Article

abstract

• This case report describes the diagnosis and management of primary femoral nerve sheath tumours in two dogs. Both of the tumours were localised by electromyography (EMG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and were then surgically resected using a novel approach to the iliopsoas muscle via osteotomy of the ventral ilial wing. This approach should be considered when attempting surgical treatment of conditions affecting the iliopsoas muscle or the femoral nerve because it provides excellent exposure of these structures.

authors

• Jeffery, Nicholas

published proceedings

• Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol

author list (cited authors)

• Harcourt-Brown, T. R., Granger, N., Smith, P. M., Hughes, K., & Jeffery, N. D.

citation count

• 12

complete list of authors

• Harcourt-Brown, TR||Granger, N||Smith, PM||Hughes, K||Jeffery, ND

publication date

• September 2009

publisher

• Thieme  Publisher

published in

• Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Dog Diseases
• Dogs
• Femoral Nerve
• Male
• Monitoring, Intraoperative
• Nerve Sheath Neoplasms
• Osteotomy
• Photography
• Surgical Procedures, Operative
• Treatment Outcome

PubMed Central ID

• 19448868

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3415/VCOT-08-03-0032

start page

• 229

end page

• 232

volume

• 22

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.3415/vcot-08-03-0032