Femoral Nerve Palsy Following Delayed Reduction of a Dislocated Hip in a 44- Year-old Man.
BACKGROUND
Incidence of nerve injury in traumatic hip dislocations is up to 10 %. Sciatic nerve is the most common injured nerve in this setting. In the medical literature, there are few documented cases of femoral nerve injury following hip dislocations.


METHODS
We report a 44-year-old man with right femoral nerve palsy following delayed reduction of an anterior dislocation of hip.


CONCLUSIONS
Two months after closed reduction, complete clinical recovery of right femoral nerve was achieved and the patient was able to resume his job.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran.
Hassan
H
Rahimi Shorin
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graz University, Graz, Austria.
Mohammad
M
Azizbeig Mohajer
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran.
Ali
A
Parsa
Department of Medical physics and Rehabilitation, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran.
Amin
A
Azhari
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran.
Maryam
M
Assadian
Dislocation; Femoral Neuropathy; Hip