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- Title
Femoral nerve status during the anterolateral approach for total hip arthroplasty: Motor-evoked potential analysis and an influencing factor.
- Authors
Kinoshita, Sakae; Ishimatsu, Tetsuro; Suzuki, Masahiro; Seo, Hajime; Sakamoto, Tetsuya; Kinoshita, Koichi; Yamamoto, Takuaki
- Abstract
Femoral nerve palsy is an uncommon but serious complication during the anterolateral approach for total hip arthroplasty. One of the reported reasons for femoral nerve palsy is retractor-induced intraoperative damage after retractor placement on the anterior wall of the acetabulum. The present study aimed to clarify the femoral nerve status during anterolateral approach total hip arthroplasty using motor-evoked potential analysis and to identify risk factors influencing the nerve status. From June 2019 to September 2020, 32 hips in 31 patients underwent primary total hip arthroplasty via the anterolateral approach. The integrity of the femoral nerve was tested by the motor-evoked potential at three time points: preoperatively as a control (first period), immediately after retractor placement on the anterior wall of the acetabulum (second period), and after the procedure (third period). In the second period, the hips were divided into the following two groups: a <50% femoral nerve amplitude group and a ≥50% group. The iliopsoas muscle volume was evaluated by measuring the muscle cross-sectional area on preoperative computed tomography images, and compared between the two groups. The mean amplitude of the femoral nerve was significantly reduced from 100% in the first period to 35% in the second period (p < 0.01), but then significantly recovered to 54% in the third period (p < 0.01). In 26 (81%) hips, the femoral nerve amplitude was <50% in the second period. The muscle cross-sectional area of the iliopsoas muscle in the <50% group was significantly smaller than that in the ≥50% group (p < 0.05). The mean amplitude of the femoral nerve was significantly reduced to 35% in the second period, and the iliopsoas muscle volume was considered to influence this femoral nerve status.
- Subjects
FEMORAL nerve; TOTAL hip replacement; EVOKED potentials (Electrophysiology); FACTOR analysis; RETRACTORS (Surgery); ILIOPSOAS muscle; INTRAOPERATIVE monitoring
- Publication
Journal of Orthopaedic Science, 2023, Vol 28, Issue 1, p152
- ISSN
0949-2658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.jos.2021.09.007