Table 4.
Complications
| Type of complication |
Sex | Primary diagnosis | Digit(s) involved (follow-up: Mos) |
Complication | Implant loosening (+/−) |
Treatment | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Major | |||||||
| F | Degenerative osteoarthritis |
Rt-long (36) | Dislocation | + | Conservative | ||
| F | Degenerative osteoarthritis |
Rt-index (68) Rt-long (76) |
Dislocation (Rt-index) |
+ (1 implant) |
Conservative | ||
| F | Degenerative osteoarthritis |
Lt-ring (39) Lt-long (46) Rt-index (50) Rt-ring (58) |
Dislocation (Lt-long) |
+ (2 implants) |
Conservative | After silicone implant (Lt-long) |
|
| M | Degenerative osteoarthritis |
Rt-long (55) | Dislocation | + | Conservative | ||
| F | Septic arthritis | Lt-long (36) | Dislocation | + | Conservative | ||
| F | Degenerative osteoarthritis |
Lt-long (24) | Dislocation | + | Conservative | ||
| F | Psoriatic arthritis | Lt-long (38) | Dislocation, Squeaking |
+ | Conservative | ||
|
Minor | |||||||
| F | Degenerative osteoarthritis |
Rt-index (35) Lt-long (62) Lt-ring (69) |
Squeaking (Rt-index) |
+ (1 implant) |
No treatment | ||
| F | Degenerative osteoarthritis |
Lt-ring (31) Rt-long (46) Rt-ring (50) |
Infection of incision (Lt-ring) |
− | Antibiotics | ||
|
Non- complications | |||||||
| M | Posttraumatic arthritis |
Lt-long (28) | N/A | + | N/A | After toe transfer | |
| F | Degenerative osteoarthritis |
Rt-small (35) | N/A | − | N/A | ||
| F | Degenerative osteoarthritis |
Lt-index (45) | N/A | + | N/A | ||
| F | Degenerative osteoarthritis |
Lt-index (24) | N/A | + | N/A | ||
F: female, M: male, Rt: right, Lt: left