Meralgia paraesthetica. A complication of a patient-positioning device in total hip replacement.
We describe three patients who developed meralgia paraesthetica after the use of a well-padded and carefully-placed patient-positioning device in total hip replacement.
Kitson
J
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Torbay Hospital, Torquay, Devon, England, UK.
Ashworth
M J
MJ
D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D011187:Posture; D013848:Thigh