Peroneal Nerve Palsy After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Peroneal nerve palsy is a potentially devastating complication of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Fortunately, review of the literature reveals that this is not a common problem. Retrospective studies examining a large number of consecutive TKAs (> 1000) performed at various institutes show an incidence ranging from 0.3% to 1.3% (Table 1).