Exposure of the Lumbosacral Plexus by Using the Pararectus Approach: A Technical Note.

Häckel, Sonja; Christen, Samuel; Vögelin, Esther; Keel, Marius J B (2023). Exposure of the Lumbosacral Plexus by Using the Pararectus Approach: A Technical Note. Operative neurosurgery, 24(1), e1-e9. Wolters Kluwer 10.1227/ons.0000000000000418

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BACKGROUND

Surgical exploration of the lumbosacral plexus is challenging. Previously described approaches reach from invasive open techniques with osteotomy of the ilium to laparoscopic techniques.

OBJECTIVE

To describe a novel surgical technique to explore lumbosacral plexopathies such as benign nerve tumors or iatrogenic lesions of the lumbosacral plexus in 4 case examples.

METHODS

We retrospectively evaluated 4 patients suffering from pathologies or injuries of the lumbosacral plexus between 2017 and 2019. The mean follow-up period after surgery was 23.5 (range 11-52) months. All patients underwent neurolysis of the lumbosacral plexus using the single incision, intrapelvic, extraperitoneal pararectus approach.

RESULTS

In all patients, the pathology of the lumbosacral plexus was successfully visualized, proving feasibility of the extraperitoneal pararectus approach for this indication. There were no major complications, and all patients recovered well.

CONCLUSION

The pararectus approach allows excellent visualization of the lumbar plexus and intrapelvic lesions of the femoral and sciatic nerves.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Orthopaedic Surgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Plastic and Hand Surgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Plastic and Hand Surgery > Hand Surgery

UniBE Contributor:

Häckel, Sonja, Christen, Samuel, Vögelin, Esther, Keel, Marius

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

2332-4260

Publisher:

Wolters Kluwer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

14 Oct 2022 11:23

Last Modified:

16 Dec 2022 00:14

Publisher DOI:

10.1227/ons.0000000000000418

PubMed ID:

36227214

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/173740

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/173740

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