Total Hip Arthroplasty Complicated by a Gluteal Hematoma Resulting in Acute Foot Drop.

Total hip arthroplasty is a prevalent orthopedic intervention in the United States. Massive postoperative hematomas are a rare albeit serious complication of the procedure. Sequelae of these hematomas can include lower extremity paralysis from compression of the sciatic nerve.

Use of Omnipaque Intraoperative Dye in the Surgical Treatment of Pan-Spinal Epidural Abscesses: Technical Case Report.

Background And Importance: Spinal epidural abscesses are difficult to diagnose and could have high morbidity and mortality if left untreated. If patients present with acute neurological deficits and evidence of a multilevel ventral spine abscess on neuroimaging, blood cultures should be taken and the abscess emergently evacuated in patients able to tolerate surgical interventions.

Clinical Presentation: A 57-year-old man presented with lower back pain, which progressed to include urinary retention and evidence of lumbar discitis/osteomyelitis on magnetic resonance imaging.

Prevention and management of dysphonia during anterior cervical spine surgery.

Objectives/hypothesis: Dysphonia is a common postoperative complaint following anterior cervical spine surgery (ACSS). The purpose of this study was to analyze voice outcomes following ACSS, to identify risk factors predicting vocal cord impairment, and to develop an algorithm for postoperative management of dysphonic patients.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Cervical neurapraxia in elite athletes: evaluation and surgical treatment. Report of five cases.

Object: Neurapraxia, transient posttraumatic paralysis of the motor and/or sensory tracts in the spinal cord, may be a career-ending event in an athlete. Management, rehabilitation, and return-to-play decisions remain controversial.

Methods: Five elite football players were evaluated after experiencing episodes of neurapraxia.