Table 2.
Incidence of Adverse Events for Patients Undergoing Osteotomy Procedures.
| DFO |
HTO |
TTO |
Overall |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | |
| Any adverse event | 68 | 22.3% | 27 | 9.9% | 23 | 4.6% | 118 | 10.9% |
| Mortality | 2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Wound dehiscence | 2 | 0.7% | 3 | 1.1% | 1 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.6% |
| Sepsis | 7 | 2.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 8 | 0.7% |
| Pulmonary embolism | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Myocardial infarction | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Anemia requiring transfusion | 43 | 14.1% | 7 | 2.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 50 | 4.6% |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 7 | 2.3% | 4 | 1.5% | 5 | 1.0% | 16 | 1.5% |
| Urinary tract infection | 12 | 3.9% | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 14 | 1.3% |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% |
| Unplanned intubation | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Surgical site infection | 7 | 2.3% | 14 | 5.1% | 6 | 1.2% | 27 | 2.5% |
| Fracture | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Readmission | 12 | 4.0% | 10 | 3.7% | 11 | 2.2% | 33 | 3.1% |
| Reoperation | 11 | 3.6% | 10 | 3.7% | 7 | 1.4% | 28 | 2.6% |
DFO = distal femoral osteotomy; HTO = high tibial osteotomy; TTO = tibial tubercle osteotomy.