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Incidence and Prognosis:
             Long-term prognosis of nerve palsy after THA: results of 2-year-follow-ups and long-term results after a mean time of 8 years
             Common peroneal nerve palsy following total hip arthroplasty: prognostic factors for recovery.
             Incidence of sciatic nerve palsy after revision hip arthroplasty through a posterior approach.
             Posterior versus lateral surgical approach for total hip arthroplasty in adults with osteoarthritis.
             Nerve palsy after hip replacement: medico-legal implications
             Blood vessel and nerve damage in total hip arthroplasty 
             Neurologic injuries after total hip arthroplasty.
             Posterior versus lateral surgical approach for total hip arthroplasty in adults with osteoarthritis
             Neurological complication after total hip replacement
             Recovery of sciatic nerve injuries in association with total hip arthroplasty in 27 patients.
             Nerve injuries in total hip arthroplasty.
             The frequency, prognosis and significance of nerve injuries in total hip arthroplasty

Complications that Fall Within the Standard of Care:

      Hematoma:
             Sciatic Nerve Palsy following THR via Direct Anterior Approach after Recommencement of Warfarin for Prophylaxis in A Fib.
             Late sciatic nerve palsy caused by recurrent hematoma after primary total hip arthroplasty: a case report.
             Acute sciatic nerve palsy as a delayed complication of low-molecular-weight heparin prophylaxis after total hip arthroplasty.
             Sciatic nerve palsy due to hematoma after thrombolysis therapy for acute pulmonary embolism after total hip arthroplasty
             Sciatic nerve palsy secondary to postoperative haematoma in primary total hip replacement
             Late sciatic nerve palsy caused by hematoma after primary total hip arthroplasty

      Traction or Compression Injury:
             Postarthroplasty "palsy" and systemic neuropathy: a peripheral-nerve management algorithm
             Sciatic nerve palsy after total hip replacement
             Sciatic palsy after total hip arthroplasty associated with vascular graft occlusion
             Delayed, transient sciatic nerve palsy after primary cementless hip arthroplasty: a report of two cases
             Acute sciatic neuritis following total hip arthroplasty: a case report

             Sciatic nerve injury in total hip resurfacing: a biomechanical analysis
             Neurovascular structure proximity to acetabular retractors in total hip arthroplasty
             compression agasint the gluteal sling:
       
             Sciatic nerve palsy after primary total hip arthroplasty: a new perspective
                     The gluteal sling: an anatomical study
             repair of external rotators:

                     Posterior soft tissue repair in total hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial.
                     Sciatic nerve palsy--a complication of posterior approach using enhanced soft tissue repair for hip arthroplasty.
             intra op positioning:
                     The use of motor-evoked potentials to monitor sciatic nerve status during revision total hip arthroplasty.
                     Motor nerve palsy following primary total hip arthroplasty
                     Acute effects of hip and knee positions on motor-evoked potentials of the sciatic nerve in total hip arthroplasty.
                     Strain on the human sciatic nerve in vivo during movement of the hip and knee.
                     Intraneural sciatic nerve pressures relative to the position of the hip and knee: a human cadaveric study
             compression at the knee
                     Isolated deep peroneal (fibular) nerve palsy in association with primary total hip arthroplasty
                     Sequential compression device may cause peroneal nerve palsy
             surgical exploration:
                     Sciatic neurostenalgia: caused by total hip arthroplasty, cured by late neurolysis
                     Painful total hip replacement due to sciatic nerve entrapment in scar tissue and lipoma
                     Exploration and neurolysis for the treatment of neuropathic pain in patients with a sciatic nerve palsy after total hip replacement.

       Hip Too Long:
               Sciatic nerve palsy after cementless total hip arthroplasty. Treatment by modular neck and calcar shortening: a case report.
               Neurological complication after total hip replacement
               Recovery of sciatic nerve injuries in association with total hip arthroplasty in 27 patients.
               Delayed, transient sciatic nerve palsy after primary cementless hip arthroplasty: a report of two cases.

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

Non Standard of Care  Causes of Nerve Injury:

      Direct Iatrogenic Injury:
               Sciatic nerve injury caused by pre-operative intraneural injection of local anaesthetic during total hip replacement
               Neuropathic pain following hip resurfacing due to a transneural suture.
               Blood vessel and nerve damage in total hip arthroplasty  
               Management and outcomes in 353 surgically treated sciatic nerve lesions