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The Journal of Arthroplasty, ISSN: 0883-5403, Vol: 20, Issue: 8, Page: 1068-1073
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Peroneal Nerve Palsy After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Nercessian, Ohannes A; Ugwonali, Obinwanne F C; Park, SangdoKnee
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).
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