Common peroneal nerve palsy after lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

Agarwal, M; Syed, A A; Singh, R; Kamdar, B A · J Arthroplasty · 2003

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is now being used more commonly to treat single compartment disease of knee, with very encouraging results. We report on a rare case of common peroneal nerve palsy; 8 years after lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. This palsy was caused by pressure on the common peroneal nerve, due to posterior migration of tibial component.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy