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. 2022 Nov 10;143(7):3997–4007. doi: 10.1007/s00402-022-04693-x

Table 3.

List of complications extracted from the studies included in this review

Authors (year) Complications (including recurrence)
With LSTR
 Barragan-Hervella (2008) et al. [23]

8 (27.5%)

  o  2 (7%) persistent oedema

  o  4 (13%) persistent pain

  o   2 (7.5%) wound dehiescence

 Lai (2018) et al. [10] No Complication reported
 Crespo-Romero et al. (2018) [24]

55 (41.6%)

  o  9 (6.8%) superficial infection

  o  4 (3%) stiffness

  o  3 (2.3%) reflex sympathetic distrophia

  o  3 (2.3%) neuromas

  o   after dmmo: 2/61 (3.2%) pseudoarthrosis

  o  after dmmo 5/61 (8.1%) transfer metatarsalgia

  o   after dmmo 7/61 (11.4%) recurrence metatarsalgia

  o  22 (16.7%) recurrence (medial pain)

 Kaufmann et al. (2019) [8, 11]

13 (52%)

  o  12 (48%) soft-tissue irritation caused by the Kirschner wire

  o  1 (4%) recurrence (‘mild recurrence of deformity’)

 Liuni et al. (2020) [25]

9 (15%)

  o  5 (8.6%) metatarsalgia

  o  3 (5.1%) severe stiffness 5.1%

  o  1 (1.7%) persistent paresthesia

 Maniglio et al. (2019) [26]

13 (30%)

  o  2 (4%) nonunion

  o  4 (10%) metatarsalgia

  o  1 (2%) metatarsal stress fracture

  o  1 (2%) secondary toe deformity

  o  3 (7%) early K-wire removal due to soft-tissue inflammation

  o  2 (4%) recurrence

 Severyns et al. (2019) [27]

15 (26.3%)

  o  4 (7%) transfer metatarsalgia

  o  1 (1.7%) deep vein thrombosis

  o  2 (3.5%) recurrence

  o  5 (8.7%) wound dehiescence

  o  3 (5.2%) self-resolving paresthesia

 Kaufmann et al. (2020) [28]

16 (84%)

  o   16 (84%) soft-tissue irritation caused by the Kirschner wire (of which 2 (10%) recurrence)

 Del Vecchio et al. (2021) [29]

6 (5.2%)

  o  1 (0.8%) transfer metatarsalgia

  o  3 (2.6%) soft tissue irritation

  o   1 (0.8%) superficial infection

 Marijuschkin et al. (2021) [30]

6 (17.6%) Isham technique

  o  3 (8.3%) joint stiffness

  o  3 (8.3%) symptomatic callus

  7  (20%) Chevron technique

  o  3 (8%) irritation from metalwork

  o   1 (3%) fistula

  o   1 (3%) joint stiffness

  o   2 (5%) transfer metatarsalgia

 Torrent et al. (2021) [13]

3 (10%)

  o  1 (3.3%) skin irritation

  o  2 (6.6%) recurrence

Without LSTR
 Valles-Figueroa et al. (2010) [31]

10 (25%)

  o  2 (12.5%) persistent pain

  o  2 (12.5%) recurrence of the deformity

 Sun et al. (2010) [32]

70 (46%)

  o  62 (41%) transfer metatarsalgia

  o  8 (5%) recurrence (persistent valgus)

 Radwan and Mansour (2012) [33]

4 (14%)

  o  2 (6.9%) pin infection

  o  2 (6.9%) joint stiffness

 Faour-Martín et al. (2013) [34]

24 (20%)

  o  3 (2.6%) skin irritation

  o  2 (1.7%) deep infections

  o   16 (13.9%) joint stiffness

  o  3 (2.6%) recurrence (> 25° for HVA)

 Siddiqui et al. (2021) [35]

68 (30.6%)

  o  42 (19.4%) pin site infection

  o  8 (3.7%) nerve-related numbness

  o  6 (2.8%) hardware failure

  o  3 (1.4%) asymptomatic malunion

  o  3 (1.4%) delayed union

  o  1 (0.5%) sesamoiditis

  o  5 (2.3%) bunion recurrence

Dmmo distal metatarsal metaphyseal osteotomy, HVA Hallux Valgus Angle