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

Table 1

Available literature about postarthroplasty sciatic nerve injuries.

Authors, year	Level of Evidence	GRACE score (number of items)	Topics assessed	Number of sciatic injuries
Weber et al., 1976	IV		Prognosis, risk factors
Johanson et al., 1982	IV		Lengthening
Edwards et al., 1987	IV		Lengthening, prognosis
Schmalzried et al., 1991	IV		Lengthening, prognosis, risk factors
Simon et al., 1993	IV		Lengthening, prognosis
Nercessian et al., 1994	IV		Lengthening, prognosis
Navarro et al., 1995	IV		Prognosis, risk factors
Oldenburg et al., 1997	IV		Prognosis, risk factors
Pekkarinen et al., 1999	IV		Lengthening, prognosis, treatment, risk factors
Butt et al., 2005	IV		Treatment
Farrell et al., 2005	II		Prognosis, risk factors
Park et al., 2013	II		Lengthening, prognosis, risk factors
Kyriacou et al., 2013	IV		Treatment
Zappe et al., 2014	IV		Prognosis