NEURAPRAXIA OF THE COMMON PERONEAL NERVE - A RARE COMPLICATION RESULTING FROM WEARING A KBM PROSTHESIS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
REINDERS MF GEERTZEN JHB RIETMAN JS
Citation
Mf. Reinders et al., NEURAPRAXIA OF THE COMMON PERONEAL NERVE - A RARE COMPLICATION RESULTING FROM WEARING A KBM PROSTHESIS - A CASE-REPORT, Prosthetics and orthotics international, 20(3), 1996, pp. 197-198
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Rehabilitation
Journal title
Prosthetics and orthotics international → ACNP
ISSN journal
03093646
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
197 - 198
Database
ISI
SICI code
0309-3646(1996)20:3<197:NOTCPN>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This clinical note describes a 47-year-old man who had a traumatic amp utation of the left lower leg. Two months after wearing a Kondylen Bet tung Munster (KMB) prosthesis, he developed a compression neuropathy o f the common peroneal nerve of his right leg after sitting cross-legge d, This troublesome complication can be avoided by giving accurate inf ormation to the patient.