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Description of adverse events
| Type | Overall (n = 48) | Method of bone transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic (n = 22) | Integrated (n = 26) | |||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Nonunion | 11 | 23 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 23 |
| Pin infection | 10 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 19 |
| Malunion | 6 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 12 |
| Delayed union | 5 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Equinus contracture | 5 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 8 |
| Entrapment of overlying skin | 4 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
| Refracture | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Osteomyelitis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Failure of fibula to separate | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Hindfoot arthrosis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Septic knee | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
