Table 1.
Complications | Immediate | Early | Late |
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Local |
Haemorrhage or haematoma; nerve injury (“tourniquet palsy,” common peroneal nerve injury); vascular injury, limb ischaemia |
Wound infection; wound breakdown; stiffness |
Deep seated infection with or without loosening; early aseptic loosening |
General | Anaesthetic complications (for example, myocardial infarction, stroke); nerve injury (spinal anaesthesia, nerve blocks) | Anaemia; deep vein thrombosis; pulmonary embolism; chest infection | Post phlebitic leg |