Table 5.

Complications and Amputation Rates

	Success (n = 134)	Failure (n = 57)	p
Additional debridement			<0.01*
1	40 (29.9)	22 (38.6)
2+	20 (14.9)	22 (38.6)
Cellulitis/infection	9 (8.7)	6 (13.6)	0.37
Postoperative antibiotic use	24 (17.9)	27 (47.4)	<0.01*
Dehiscence	3 (2.2)	12 (21.1)	<0.01*
Necrosis (partial)	8 (6.0)	16 (28 .1)	<0.01*
Necrosis (full)	6 (4.5)	25 (43.9)	<0.01*
Sepsis	0	0	-
Amputation	3 (2.2)	27 (47.4)	<0.01*
TMA	0 (0.0)	6 (10.5)
BKA	2 (1.5)	15 (26.3)
AKA	1 (0.7)	6 (10.5)

n, number of wounds; AKA, above-knee amputation; BKA, below-knee amputation; TMA, transmetatarsal amputation.

*p < 0.05.