Meralgia paraesthetica following laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

✍ Scribed by E. O. Broin; C. Horner; K. Mealy; M. J. Kerin; P. Gillen; M. O'Brien; W. A. Tanner

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 436 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0930-2794
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00187893

✦ Synopsis

Entrapment of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh (LCNT) is a recognized complication of laparoscopic hernia repair. In our first 10 patients in a series of 30 laparoscopic herniorrhaphies we encountered two cases of meralgia paraesthetica, leading us to review our surgical technique and analyze the local anatomy in 20 L C N T cadaver dissections. The distances of the L C N T from fixed anatomical points were analyzed and safe margins of mesh placement at laparoscopic herniorrhaphy were defined.