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Bilateral sciatic and femoral neuropathies, rhabdomyolysis, and acute renal failure caused by positioning during radical retropubic prostatectomy.

Roth JV

Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. rothj@einstein.edu

In the hyperlordotic position, the patient's hips are above the feet and head. We present a case of rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure, and bilateral femoral and sciatic neuropathies caused by this position.

Published 28 November 2007 in Anesth Analg, 105(6): 1747-8, table of contents.
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