Sacral plexopathy and sciatic neuropathy after total knee arthroplasty

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 423-426

  Myers, Mary Ann ^b   Harmon, Robert L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Sacral plexopathy; Sciatic neuropathy; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0031769075     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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