TY - JOUR T1 - Diabetes Mellitus May be a Risk Factor for Sciatic Nerve Injury During Total Hip Arthroplasty TT - JF - iums-jros JO - iums-jros VL - 1 IS - 2 UR - http://jros.iums.ac.ir/article-1-118-en.html Y1 - 2014 SP - 0 EP - 0 KW - Sciatic Nerve Injury KW - Hip Arthroplasty KW - Diabetes Mellitus N2 - Background: Sciatic nerve palsy during hip arthroplasty can negatively affect the outcome of total hip arthroplasty (THA). Although no causes could be found in majority of cases some risk factors including leg lengthening, direct injury, damage of vascular supply have been reported. We aimed to investigate if diabetes mellitus (DM) increases the incidence of sciatic nerve palsy during THA. M3 ER -