Table 1.
Problems, obstacles and true complications in our cohort of patients
| Problems | Number of patients | |
| Poor regenerate | 2 | |
| Delayed appearance of regenerate | 12 | |
| Pin tract infection | All | |
| Obstacles | ||
| Infection needing change of frame/Wire | 4 | |
| Wire breakage | 7 | |
| Re-fracture | 1 | |
| True complications | ||
| Chronic Osteomyelitis | *6 | |
| Septic arthritis | 2 | |
| Persistent infection | 4 |
* All patients had clinical and radiological evidence of Osteomyelitis at the time of initial presentation. 6 patients had persistent bone infection despite fracture union at final analysis.