Compression of the sciatic nerve by wear debris following total hip replacement: a report of three cases.

J Bone Joint Surg Br

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Suffolk, England.

Published: November 2003

Pain in the distribution of the sciatic nerve is common in the elderly. In the presence of a long-standing joint replacement, consideration should be given as to whether compression might be due to an extraspinal cause. We present three women, in whom a mass of wear debris from a previous total hip replacement caused compression of the sciatic nerve posterior to the hip. The symptoms were relieved immediately following operation.

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