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