Obturator nerve palsy due to fixation of an acetabular reinforcement ring with transacetabular screws. A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 444-446

  Fricker, Renato M ^a   Troeger, Hans ^a   Pfeiffer, Karl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; METAL IMPLANTATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE LESION; NERVE PARALYSIS; OBTURATOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0030900688     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199703000-00020     Document Type: Article

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