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Nerve Injuries

Basics of Anesthesia- Nerve Injuries due to Positioning

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Femoral Nerve Injury -Damaged by hip Flexion greater than 90 -causes damage by compression or venous/arterial occlussion
Obturator Nerve Inury -Occurs with excessive hip flexion or forceps delivery -Stretch Injury -Result: weakness/paralysis of adduction of thigh
Which nerves are at risk of compression as the wind round the fibula and medial tibital condyle? -Saphenous -Peroneal
Sciatic Nerve Inury -caused by stretching in improper lithotomy position
Saphenous Nerve Injury -compression injury as the calf rests on stirrups
Flexion of the hip joints may damage which nerves? Femoral nerve (compression) - Sciatic and Obturator (stretch)
Common Peroneal Nerve Injury -susceptible because it is close to the fibular head -Inury= foot drop, inability to dorsal flexion of toes, inability to every, loss of doral senstaion
Posterior Tibial Nerve Injuryt -compressed by stirrups (pressure on posterior aspect of knee) -Inury: weak plantar flexion, posterior calf and sensory defiency of lateral foot
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