Sciatic and femoral nerve neuropathies are commonly encountered causes of lower extremity dysfunctions. The sciatic nerve originates from the L4-S3 spinal nerves of the lumbosacral plexus, and the femoral nerve from the L2-L4 roots of the lumbar plexus. Traumatic, compressive, ischemic, neoplastic or idiopathic factors can lead to neuropathies of these nerves. We report a case of a 17-year-old male patient undergoing right hemicolectomy surgery following an abdominal firearm injury and with weakness around the right hip, knee and ankle in the postoperative period and paresthesia in the right knee, lateral part of the leg and dorsum of the foot.
Key words: Femoral nerve, lumbosacral plexus, neuropathy, sciatic nerve
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