title: Compression of the sciatic nerve by methylmethacrylate cement after total hip replacement.
abstract: Severe leg pain in a patient after total hip replacement was found to be caused by compression of the sciatic nerve by methylmethacrylate cement which had leaked from the acetabulum during fixation of the acetabular cup. The pain persisted for six years but was immediately relieved by removal of the cement mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Southlands Hospital, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oleksak
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Edge
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D020366:Methylmethacrylate; D008768:Methylmethacrylates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D012584:Sciatic Nerve
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D020366:Methylmethacrylate