Sciatic nerve palsy after total hip arthroplasty in a patient receiving psoas compartment block for patient-controlled regional analgesia

J Anesth. 2006;20(3):251-2. doi: 10.1007/s00540-006-0393-x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Analgesia, Patient-Controlled / methods*
  • Anesthetics, Local / administration & dosage
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / adverse effects*
  • Bupivacaine / administration & dosage
  • Constriction, Pathologic / diagnosis
  • Constriction, Pathologic / surgery
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Medical Errors
  • Middle Aged
  • Nerve Block / methods*
  • Pain, Postoperative / etiology
  • Psoas Muscles / drug effects*
  • Psoas Muscles / innervation
  • Sciatic Neuropathy / diagnosis*
  • Sciatic Neuropathy / etiology*
  • Sciatic Neuropathy / surgery
  • Sutures / adverse effects

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Bupivacaine