Peroneal Nerve Injury Arising from Harvesting a Contralateral Hamstring Autograft for Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Case Report.

Chang Park Prakash Jayakumar Michael Fox

Published in: JBJS case connector (2020)

Sciatic nerve injury is a rare complication when harvesting the hamstring. Care of orientation of the tendon stripper blade and direction of harvest is required to avoid injury to the sciatic nerve.

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