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Acute sciatic nerve palsy caused by a polyethylene granuloma arising from a well-fixed total knee arthroplasty
Jon Waite1, Paul Marks, David Young
1Melbourne Orthopaedic Group, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The Journal of Arthroplasty
|September 5, 2006
Abstract:
We report the presentation of an acute sciatic nerve palsy, arising as a result of an inflammatory mass in the posterior thigh containing polyethylene debris from an adjacent, well-fixed total knee arthroplasty.