Sciatic Nerve Palsy following Total Hip Replacement: Are Patients Personal Characteristics More Important than Limb Lengthening? A Systematic Review

Table 4

Prognosis of sciatic nerve injuries.

Authors	Number of sciatic injuries	Follow-up	% complete lesions	Type of lesion	% full recovery
Weber		1 Year		N.A.
Edwards		Mean 2.7 years	N.A.	12 peroneal, 11 sciatic
Schmalzried		12–198 ms		26 peroneal, 19 sciatic, 3 tibial	N.C.
Simon et al.		N.C.		N.A.
Nercessian		Minimum 2 years	N.A.	23 peroneal, 6 sciatic
Navarro		1–2,5 years	N.A.	6 peroneal, 1 sciatic
Oldenburg		Mean 107 months (11 to 240)	N.A.	33 peroneal, 13 sciatic	N.C.
Pekkarinen		Mean 58 months (24 to 110)		11 peroneal, 15 sciatic, 1 tibial
Farrell		Mean 6 years (0.2–21 ys		30 peroneal, 14 sciatic
Park		Mean 44,3 ms (3.7–114.4 ms		26 peroneal, 4 sciatic
Zappe		Mean 93		N.A.

deficit was followed until complete recovery or at least 2 years; N.A.: not available; N.C.: not clear.