title: Common peroneal nerve palsy after lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.
abstract: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is now being used more commonly to treat single compartment disease of knee, with very encouraging results. We report on a rare case of common peroneal nerve palsy; 8 years after lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. This palsy was caused by pressure on the common peroneal nerve, due to posterior migration of tibial component.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, United Kingdom. bonydoc@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kamdar
mesh_terms: D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000601:surgery; D020427:Peroneal Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular