Sciatic nerve injury related to hip replacement surgery: imaging detection by MR neurography despite susceptibility artifacts.

Sciatic nerve palsy related to hip replacement surgery (HRS) is among the most common causes of sciatic neuropathies. The sciatic nerve may be injured by various different periprocedural mechanisms. The precise localization and extension of the nerve lesion, the determination of nerve continuity, le...

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Main Authors: Marcel Wolf, Philipp Bäumer, Maria Pedro, Thomas Dombert, Frank Staub, Sabine Heiland, Martin Bendszus, Mirko Pham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3928432?pdf=render