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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 84-B, Issue 4, 589-590.  
Copyright © 2002 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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MERALGIA PARAESTHETICA

A complication of a patient-positioning device in total hip replacement

J. Kitson, FRCS, Specialist Registrar; and M. J. Ashworth, FRCS Orth, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Torbay Hospital, Lawes Bridge, Torquay, Devon TQ2 7AA, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr M. J. Ashworth.

We describe three patients who developed meralgia paraesthetica after the use of a well-padded and care-fully-placed patient-positioning device in total hip replacement.






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