Table 4.

Knee wound closure types and respective complication rates

	Total number of patients		Any kind of revision surgery		Prolonged wound healing		Donor site compli-cation		Infection / Reinfection		Instab- ility		Arthrofibrosis / Stiffness		Aseptic loosening		Fracture		Arthrodesis / Amputation		Dea- th		Unplanned revision surgery
Group	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	Mean
Primary Closure	18	23.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.06
Medial gastrocnemius flap	37	48.1	17	45.9	11	29.7	1	2.7	15	40.5	5	13.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	2.7	3	8.1	2	5.4	1.03
Local fasciocutaneous flap	18	23.4	3	16.7	1	5.6	0	0.0	1	5.6	2	11.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.22
Free latissimus dorsi flap	3	3.9	3	100	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	33.3	0	0.0	2	66.7	1	33.3	1	33.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.33
Lateral gastrocnemius flap	1	1.3	1	100	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.0
Total	77		24	31.2	12	15.6	1	1.3	18	23.4	7	9.1	2	2.6	1	1.3	2	2.6	3	3.9	2	2.6	0.62