Sciatic nerve palsy – a complication of posterior approach using enhanced soft tissue repair for total hip arthroplasty

Summary Sciatic nerve palsy is a rare but well recognised complication of total hip replacement. There are a variety of potential causes of sciatic nerve palsy and its prevalence with different approaches has been mentioned in the literature.1–5 The posterolateral or ‘Southern’ approach with some fo...

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