Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with leg weakness after hip surgery fixed by total hip replacement
By Liska, W D et al.·Published in Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology : V.C.O.T·2010·Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Successful revision of a femoral head ostectomy (complicated by postoperative sciatic neurapraxia) to a total hip replacement in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old neutered male Domestic Medium Hair cat was brought in because he couldn't use his right back leg for a month after a previous surgery to remove part of his hip. The vet found that the cat had nerve damage affecting his leg movement. To fix this, the vet performed a new surgery to replace the hip joint and released the trapped nerve. After a careful recovery period, the cat was able to return to normal activity within eight weeks and showed excellent improvement with rehabilitation treatments.
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Abstract
A three-year-old neutered male Domestic Medium Hair cat was referred for evaluation of a right hindlimb monoparesis of one month duration following a femoral head ostectomy (FHO) performed elsewhere. Examination of the limb revealed muscle atrophy and decreased sensory perception over the sciatic nerve distribution with conscious proprioception and postural reaction deficits. The tentative diagnosis was sciatic neurapraxia. Radiographs taken prior to the FHO revealed a chronic nonunion right femoral neck fracture. The FHO was performed to remove the remnant of the femoral head and neck remaining in the acetabulum. Surgery was performed to explore the sciatic nerve and to revise the FHO into a total hip replacement. Sciatic nerve entrapment was present. Tethering sutures and extensive perineural adhesions were released to restore nerve gliding. Postoperatively, activity was limited for six weeks; normal activity resumed at eight weeks. Rehabilitation treatments were provided to maximise the patient's excellent recovery.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20151082/