title: Transient palsy of hip abductors after a fall on the buttocks.
abstract: A fall on the buttocks caused monolateral transient palsy of the hip abductors in two patients. Palsy could be ascribed to acute entrapment of the superior gluteal nerve between the piriformis muscle and the incisura ischiadica major.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tesio
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bassi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galardi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002081:Buttocks / Q000293:injuries* / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology*