Delayed sciatic nerve palsy following total hip arthroplasty
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B Cohen1, M Bhamra, B D Ferris
1Whittington Hospital, London.
The British Journal of Clinical Practice
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Peripheral neuropathy, following total hip arthroplasty, has a reported incidence of 0.7%. However, delayed sciatic nerve palsy has only been reported twice in the literature. We report on two further cases, both of whom developed clinical sciatic nerve palsy at 72 hours after surgery.