Skip to main content
. 2024 Oct 14;5(10):868–878. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.510.BJO-2024-0114.R1

Table II.

Complications and number of reoperations.

Variable Total (n = 40)           Reconstruction methods
Expandable prosthesis (n = 15) Spacer (n = 9) Modular prosthesis (n = 11) Biological reconstruction (n = 5) p-value
Complication, n (%)
Yes 22 (55) 6 (40) 5 (56) 8 (73) 3 (60) 0.872*
Grade IIIB, n (%) 21 (53)
(45 surgeries)
6 (40)
(8 surgeries)
5 (56)
(18 surgeries)
8 (73)
(15 surgeries)
2 (40)
(4 surgeries)
0.378*
Grade IV, n (%) 4 (10)
(5 surgeries)
2 (13)
(3 surgeries)
1 (11)
(1 surgery)
1 (13)
(1 surgery)
0 0.858*
Unknown, n (%) 2 (5)
(7 surgeries)
0 1 (11)
(1 surgery)
0 1 (20)
(6 surgeries)
No, n (%) 18 (45) 9 (60) 4 (44) 3 (27) 2 (40)
Complication details, n (%)
Infection 9 (23) 2 (13) 4 (44) 2 (18) 1 (20) 0.342*
Implant fracture 6 (15) 2 (13) 0 3 (27) 1 (20)
Wound dehiscence 4 (10) 1 (7) 1 (11) 2 (18) 0
Fracture 3 (8) 0 1 (11) 0 2 (40)
Loosening 2 (5) 1 (7) 0 1 (9) 0
Dislocation 2 (5) 0 0 1 (9) 1 (20)
Malalignment 1 (3) 1 (7) 0 0 0
Contracture 1 (3) 1 (7) 0 0 0
Nonunion 1 (3) 0 0 0 1 (20)
Number of reoperations, n (%)
1 10 (25) 4 (27) 1 (11) 5 (45) 0 (0.0) 0.339
2 7 (18) 1 (7) 2 (22) 2 (18) 2 (40)
3 1 (3) 1 (7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
4 2 (5) 0 (0.0) 1 (11) 0 (0.0) 1 (20)
5 1 (3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (9) 0 (0.0)
6 1 (3) 0 (0.0) 1 (11) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
*

Chi-squared test.

Fisher’s exact test.