Femoral Nerve Damage After Hip Replacement Surgery

Nerve conduction tests revealed that i have femoral nerve damage following an anterior right leg hip replacement.

Femoral nerve damage after hip replacement surgery.

Moreover several studies have reported that tha with daa may result in. Common symptoms include numbness weakness or paralysis of the legs. Nerve damage after hip surgery may be due to inflammation date. Historically nerve damage from hip surgery has been attributed to mechanical factors caused by anesthesiologists or surgeons such as positioning of the patient during surgery or direct surgical injury of the nerves.

Occasionally the femoral nerve will be damaged by a hip replacement surgery. A recent mayo clinic proceedings article links some nerve damage after hip surgery to inflammatory neuropathy. During the 7 year period from 2008 to 2016 1756 patients underwent primary tha with a direct anterior approach by a single senior surgeon for end stage osteoarthritis. Incidence and course of recovery.

However newer non surgical nerve repair techniques may be able to help. Femoral nerve injury is a rare yet serious complication following the anterior approach for tha. Now i am looking for a femoral specialist in the state of virginia so my insurance will cover more tests and possibly surgery to repair the damage. Historically nerve damage from hip surgery has been attributed to mechanical factors caused by anesthesiologists or surgeons such as positioning of the patient during surgery or direct surgical injury of the nerves.

When the femoral nerve is impaired the knee will tend to buckle or you may experience difficulty going up or down. Neurologists from mayo clinic are reporting new findings that link some nerve damage after hip surgery to inflammatory neuropathy. Nerve palsy following total hip arthroplasty tha can have a serious effect on a patient s functional prognosis and on cost effectiveness and it is the leading cause of tha associated medical litigation. 1 fleischman an rothman rh parvizi j.

A recent article links some nerve damage after hip surgery to inflammatory neuropathy. Femoral neuropathy is a broad term that refers to any medical condition that causes femoral nerve damage. May 5 2014 source. Six 0 34 of these patients had a post operative femoral nerve palsy.