femoral nerve palsy following delayed reduction of a dislocated hip in a 44- year-old man

Femoral Nerve Palsy Following Delayed Reduction of a Dislocated Hip in a 44- Year-old Man

INTRODUCTION Incidence of nerve injury in traumatic hip dislocations is up to 10 %. Sciatic nerve is the most common injured nerve in this setting. In the medical literature, there are few documented cases of femoral nerve injury following hip dislocations. CASE REPORT We report a 44-year-old man with right femoral nerve palsy following delayed reduction of an anterior dislocation of hip. C...

Sciatic palsy following reduction of a dislocated prosthesis: brief report.

Nerve Palsy after Total Hip Arthroplasty without Subtrochanteric Femoral Shortening Osteotomy for a Completely Dislocated Hip Joint

BACKGROUND Neurological injuries are a rare but devastating complication after total hip arthroplasty (THA). The purpose of this study was to retrospectively determine the frequency of nerve palsy after THA without subtrochanteric femoral shortening osteotomy in patients with a completely dislocated hip joint without pseudo-articulation between the femoral head and iliac bone. METHODS Between...

Entrapment of the sciatic nerve following closed reduction of a dislocated revision total hip replacement.

Injury to the sciatic nerve following closed manipulation of a dislocated total hip replacement is rare. We present such a case in an elderly patient with partial recovery following exploration and release of the nerve.

A 44-year-old man with a parapneumonic effusion.

232 CMAJ, February 19, 2013, 185(3) © 2013 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors A 44-year-old man presents to his local emergency department with a 10-day history of fever, night sweats, productive cough and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. He has a history of alcohol abuse. Two weeks prior, he was assessed in the same emergency department after he was found obtunded on a park bench. ...

A 44-year-old man with profound behavioural changes.

apathetic, disinhibited, obsessional and ritualistic. He set his alarm clock every two hours at night so he could go to the bathroom. He was fired from his job as an account analyst because he often fell asleep at work, and was unable to meet deadlines. There was profound lack of concern for his poor performance. He entered a neighbour’s home when he found the door open and wandered around the ...