Table 1.
Complications following radial artery cannulation
| Reference | Cases | Permanent ischaemic damage (n) | Temporary occlusion (n) | Sepsis (n) | Local infection (n) | Pseudoaneurysm (n) | Haematoma (n) | Bleeding (n) |
| [9]* | 80 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| [9]* | 34 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| [10] | 100 | 0 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - |
| [11] | 148 | 0 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - |
| [12] | 29 | 0 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| [13] | 62 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| [14] | 333 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 16 | - | 29 | - |
| [15] | 40 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| [16] | 100 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | - | 31 | - |
| [17] | 197 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 |
| [18] | 178 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| [5] | 1699 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 1 | - | 206 | - |
| [19] | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| [20] | 100 | 0 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - |
| [21] | 100 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | - | 13 | - |
| [22] | 118 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | - | 21 | - |
| [23] | 200 | 0 | 15 | - | - | - | 61 | - |
| [24] | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| [25] | 200 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | - | 32 | - |
| [26] | 193 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - |
| [27] | 88 | 0 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - |
| [28] | 2900 | - | - | 4 | 12 | 5 | - | - |
| [29] | 38 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| [30]* | 45 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| [30]* | 44 | 0 | 11 | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| [31] | 12,500 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - |
| [32] | 40 | 0 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mean incidence (%) | 0.09 (4/4217) | 19.7 (831/4217) | 0.13 (8/6245) | 0.72 (45/6245) | 0.09 (14/15,623) | 14.40 (418/2903) | 0.53 (2/375) |
The total number of cannulations was 19,617. *One study examining two different populations. -, Not investigated.