title: Meralgia paraesthetica. A complication of a patient-positioning device in total hip replacement.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Torbay Hospital, Torquay, Devon, England, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kitson
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ashworth
mesh_terms: 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