Table 3.

Complications sought

Complications following reconstructive hip surgery
Perioperative (intraoperative and during early postoperative period prior to discharge)	Infection
	Nerve injury
	Artery injury
	Wound (dehiscence)
	Pressure sore
	Medical	Pulmonary	Atelectasis
			Pneumonia
			Respiratory failure
		Gastrointestinal (Ileus)
		Deep vein thrombosis
		Urinary tract infection
Postoperative (after discharge, within 1 month of procedure)	Infection
	Fracture	Away from Implant
		Adjacent to Implant
	Wound (dehiscence)
	Implant (loss of correction or fixation)
	Cast related (sores, skin breakdown)
	Neurologic deficit
	Vascular
Long term complications (more than 1 month following discharge)	Heterotopic ossification
	Avascular necrosis
	Nonunion
	Implant related	Fracture (adjacent to implant)
		Prominent/painful
		Loss of fixation
	Failure to cure	Hip subluxation with poor prognosis (migration percentage >60%)
		Hip dislocation (migration percentage >90%)