Table 3.
Table to Show the Number of Complications Reported by Authors of Each Study
| Edgerton | Finkelstein | Stahelin | Wang | Backstein | Das | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Infection | 1 pin tract | 1 (superficial) | 1 (superficial) | |||
| Haematoma not requiring treatment | 2 | |||||
| Pulmonary embolism | 1 | |||||
| Deep vein thrombosis | 1 | |||||
| Delayed union | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Non union requiring surgery | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Peri-prosthetic fracture | ||||||
| Removal of metalwork | 13 | 7 | ||||
| Loss of fixation requiring revision | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Loss of fixation not requiring revision | 4 | |||||
| Stiffness requiring manipulation | 1 | |||||
| Total number of complications | 16 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | |