TABLE II.
Postoperative Complications According to Glazebrook Classification48 (N = 503 Ankles)
| Low-grade | |
| Intraoperative bone fracture | 8 (1.6%) |
| Wound-healing problems | 25 (5.0%) |
| Medium-grade | |
| Technical error | 2 (0.4%)* |
| Subsidence | 0 |
| Postoperative bone fracture | 5 (1.0%) |
| High-grade | |
| Deep infection | 2 (0.4%)* |
| Aseptic loosening | 6 (1.2%)* |
| Implant failure | 0 |
| Not related to implant | |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 0 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 4 (0.8%) |
| Death | 15 (3.0%) |
| Other | |
| Tibial nerve injury, Achilles tendon rupture, nonunion medial malleolar osteotomy | 3 (0.6%) |
*
Led to revision.