OWL: OCOSH Classification/Orthopaedic Procedures/Complications/Nerve Injury http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com Internet resources relating to post-operative nerve injury as a complication of orthopaedic surgery en-us Wed Mar 19 2008 22:59:05 GMT Copyright 2005 OWL Inc. orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (Christian Veillette) orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (OWL Inc.) Nerve Injury in THR Wheeless http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/4602.html Incidence of sciatic &/or femoral palsies after THR ranges from 1-3%; <br> - incidence of nerve palsy is 1-2% of primary total hip replacement, 3-4% after revision, and 5-6% in THR for congenitally dislocated hips; <br>Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics 2002-02-04 22:59:05 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=4602 C.R.Wheeless