Table 6. Sources of complaints classified according to defendants.

Defendants	Death		Nerve injury		Infection		Periprosthetic fracture		LLD
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Orthopaedic surgeon	15	71.4	14	93.3	7	50.0	11	91.7	8	88.9
Anesthesiologist	1	4.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hospital	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	7.1	0	0.0	0	0.0
Orthopaedic surgeon + Hospital	1	4.8	1	6.7	6	42.9	1	8.3	1	11.1
Orthopaedic surgeon + Other medical staff	2	9.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Orthopaedic surgeon + Anesthesiologist	2	9.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hospital + Implant supplier	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Hip dislocation		Implant		Other anesthetic		Implant		Vascular
			loosening		complaints			failure		injury
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Orthopaedic surgeon	7	87.5	4	80.0	2	40.0	2	50.0	6	75.0
Anesthesiologist	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hospital	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Orthopaedic surgeon + Hospital	1	12.5	1	20.0	1	20.0	0	0.0	2	25.0
Orthopaedic surgeon + Other medical staff	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Orthopaedic surgeon + Anesthesiologist	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	40.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hospital + Implant supplier	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	50.0	0	0.0
	Pulmonary			DVT	Limping		Off-label		Recurrent
	embolism						procedure		surgery
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Orthopaedic surgeon	1	25.0	1	50.0	1	100	2	100	1	100
Anesthesiologist	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hospital	1	25.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Orthopaedic surgeon + Hospital	2	50.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Orthopaedic surgeon + Other medical staff	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Orthopaedic surgeon + Anesthesiologist	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hospital + Implant supplier	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Limited		Others
	movement
	n	%	n	%
Orthopaedic surgeon	1	100	2	66.7
Anesthesiologist	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hospital	0	0.0	0	0.0
Orthopaedic surgeon + Hospital	0	0.0	0	0.0
Orthopaedic surgeon + Other medical staff	0	0.0	0	0.0
Orthopaedic surgeon + Anesthesiologist	0	0.0	1	33.3
Hospital + Implant supplier	0	0.0	0	0.0
LLD: Limb length discrepancy; DVT: Deep vein thrombosis.