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. 2020 Aug 31;6(4):766–769. doi: 10.1016/j.artd.2020.07.018

Table 2.

Patient complications and outcomes.

Patient number Complications Preoperative ambulatory status Postoperative ambulatory statusa Pain outcomesa
1 Postoperative fall sustaining nonoperative greater trochanteric fracture Prosthesis only Wheelchair, independent transfers, unable to use prosthesis Pain unchanged from preoperative
2 None Prosthesis with cane Prosthesis only No pain
3 Two-stage revision for infection 6 months post-op Wheelchair, independent transfers Wheelchair, independent transfers Pain unchanged from preoperative
4 Two-stage revision for infection 5 months postoperative Prosthesis only Prosthesis with a walker No pain
5 None Wheelchair and prosthesis, independent transfers Prosthesis only Pain present but improved from preoperative
6 Poly exchange 3 weeks postoperative for infection, instability in extension Prosthesis only Prosthesis only Pain unchanged from preoperative
7 Acute, traumatic quadriceps tendon rupture in early postoperative period Crutches Wheelchair and prosthesis, independent transfers No pain
8 None Prosthesis only Prosthesis with crutches Pain present but improved from preoperative
9 None Wheelchair, independent transfers Wheelchair, independent transfers Pain present but improved from preoperative
10 Revisions for flexion contracture, flexion instability, and extruded poly (pre-existing patellectomy) Wheelchair and prosthesis, independent transfers Wheelchair only, independent transfers Pain unchanged from preoperative
a

Data recorded at 2 y postoperatively or last follow-up between 12 and 24 mo.