[An unusual etiology for pain in the back, hip and leg in a young woman].

We present a 28-year old woman, suffering from low back and right leg pain for 5 years, with motor and sensory deficits of the leg. Disc herniation, hip related pain, depression, and even an osteoid osteoma were suspected during the years, and several imaging studies had been undertaken. Based on an ENMG-study a lesion affecting the right L5-nerve root distal to the ganglion was suspected.

Late hardware-induced sciatic nerve lesions after acetabular revision.

Unlabelled: We encountered late hardware-induced sciatic nerve lesions after acetabular revision in six patients. There were five female patients and one male patient. The mean age of the patients at the time of index acetabular revision was 59.

Walking ability in patients with diastrophic dysplasia: a clinical, electroneurophysiological, treadmill, and MRI analysis.

Patients with diastrophic dysplasia have walking difficulties of obscure etiology; some are even wheelchair-bound. To explore the problem, physical examination, treadmill, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and electroneurophysiologic studies were performed on 87 patients (56 females, 31 males) with an average age of 31 (range 3-56) years. Mobility of the spine, hips, knees, and feet was diminished.