Endoscopic resection of acetabular screw tip to decompress sciatic nerve following total hip arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sciatic nerve injuries following total hip arthroplasty are disabling complications. Although degrees of injury are variable from neuropraxia to neurotmesis, mechanical irritation of sciatic nerve might be occurred by protruding hardware. This case shows endoscopic decompression for protruded acetabular screw irritating sciatic nerve, the techniques described herein may permit broader arthroscopic/endoscopic applications for management of complications after reconstructive hip surgery.

Case presentation

An 80-year-old man complained of severe pain and paresthesias following acetabular component revision surgery. Physical findings included right buttock pain with radiating pain to lower extremity. Radiographs and computed tomography imaging showed that the sharp en

SUBMITTER: Yoon SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5987599 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature