Nerve palsy after hip replacement: Medico-legal implications

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 133-137

  Unwin, A ^a,b   Scott, J ^c  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Chelsea and Westminster Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

BURN; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BONE CEMENTS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; JURISPRUDENCE; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; MONONEUROPATHIES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OBTURATOR NERVE; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NERVE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIATIC NERVE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0032869151     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050329     Document Type: Short Survey

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