ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION OF ACETABULAR SCREW TIP TO DECOMPRESS SCIATIC NERVE FOLLOWING TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY

Drive Chain Abstract Background Sciatic nerve injuries following total hip arthroplasty are disabling complications.Although degrees of injury are variable from neuropraxia to neurotmesis, mechanical irritation of sciatic nerve might be occurred by protruding hardware.This case shows endoscopic decompression for protruded acetabular screw irritatin