TABLE X.
Rate of Intraoperative Nerve Injury by Surgery Type
| Surgery Type | No. of Studies (N = 69) | No. of Patients (N = 3,930) | Total No. of Patients Affected | % of Patients Affected (95% CI) | I2 | P Value* |
| Distal osteotomy | 40 (58.0%) | 2,460 (62.6%) | 102 | 3.3 (2.2-4.5) | 60% | <0.001 |
| Proximal osteotomy | 9 (13.0%) | 459 (10.8%) | 11 | 1.4 (0.1-4.2) | 70% | 0.002 |
| Shaft osteotomy | 4 (5.8%) | 120 (3.1%) | 2 | 0.5 (0-4) | 50% | 0.16 |
| Joint hemiresection | 4 (5.8%) | 171 (4.4%) | 4 | 1.8 (0.1-5.7) | 50% | 0.2 |
| Simple bunionectomy | 6 (8.7%) | 264 (6.7%) | 26 | 7.5 (0.3-22.7) | 90% | <0.001 |
| Proximal and Akin osteotomies | 2 (2.9%) | 239 (6.1%) | 5 | 2.1 (0.7-4.3) | 0% | 0.88 |
| First TMT arthrodesis† | 4 (5.8%) | 217 (5.5%) | 15 | 5 (0.4-14.1) | 80% | 0.002 |
| Other | 69 | 3,930 | 165 | 3 (2-4.1) | 70% | <0.001 |
*
Cochran test for heterogeneity of studies within each surgery type.
†
TMT = tarsometatarsal.