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SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-4279-1
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laparoscopy; appendectomy; complication; meralgia paresthetica
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Laparoscopy is becoming a current approach for appendectomy. The technique is considered safe with few complications. We observed a young woman affected by meralgia paresthetica that developed after laparoscopic appendectomy. The femorocutaneous lateral nerve probably was damaged by insertion of a trocar in the right abdominal quadrant too close to the nerve course. Although meralgia paresthetica is not considered a frequent complication of laparoscopic appendectomy, it should be taken into account to avoid nerve lesion.
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