Acute sciatic neuritis following total hip arthroplasty: a case report.

Abstract

Nerve injuries after total hip arthroplasty are relatively uncommon, but a higher prevalence has been reported in revision arthroplasties, in women and in patients with dysplastic hips. We report a case of a patient who had a painful neuritis of the sciatic nerve after primary arthroplasty, without any objective evidence of motor or sensory deficit and had complete relief of pain after the limb lengths were matched to the contra-lateral side after revision arthroplasty.

• Authors: Varatharaj Mounasamy, Quanjun Cui, Thomas E Brown, Khaled Saleh, William M Mihalko
• Journal: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (Arch Orthop Trauma Surg) Vol. 128 Issue 1 Pg. 25-8 (Jan 2008) ISSN: 0936-8051 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 17160417 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip (adverse effects)
• Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
• Female
• Humans
• Leg Length Inequality (diagnostic imaging, etiology)
• Middle Aged
• Radiography
• Reoperation
• Sciatic Neuropathy (etiology)