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Volume 34 Issue 2 (2008)
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	Iatrogenic Sciatic Nerve Palsy Following Hemiarthroplasty of the Hip (Page 171)
	Toby J. Colegate-Stone, Saj Hussain
	Abstract:
	We report a rare complication following insertion of an uncemented hip prosthesis that resulted in posterior perforation of the femoral stem and a sciatic nerve palsy. To our knowledge, sciatic nerve palsy due to the femoral stem perforating the cortex has not been previously described.