1. Femoral Nerve Palsy Following Delayed Reduction of a Dislocated Hip in a 44- Year-old Man
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Mohammad Azizbeig Mohajer, Maryam Assadian, Ali Parsa, Amin Azhari, and Hassan Rahimi Shorin
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musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hip ,Femoral Neuropathy ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Hip Dislocations ,Case Report ,Femoral nerve injury ,General Medicine ,Nerve injury ,Surgery ,Dislocation ,Medicine ,Femoral nerve palsy ,Sciatic nerve ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Reduction (orthopedic surgery) - Abstract
Introduction: 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. Case Report: We report a 44-year-old man with right femoral nerve palsy following delayed reduction of an anterior dislocation of hip. Conclusion: Two months after closed reduction, complete clinical recovery of right femoral nerve was achieved and the patient was able to resume his job.
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- 2014
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