Table 2.

Findings on causes of lawsuits following TKA in various studies

Study	Number of patients/lawsuits	Cause of litigation	No. of cases (%)
Patterson et al. [5]	77	Chronic pain Nerve palsy In-hospital falls DVT/PE	12 (15.5%) 8 (10.3%) 5 (6.4%) 3 (3.8%)
Bokshan et al. [6]	94	Pain Post-operative fall Hypoxic brain injury Vascular injury	17 (18%) 9 (9.5%) 7 (7.7%) 6 (6.3%)
Gibon et al. [12]	107	Infection Unsatisfactory result Neurological deficit Fatality	44 (41.1%) 17 (15.8%) 17 (15.8%) 14 (15.8%)
Kheir et al. [8]	49	Infection Chronic pain Vascular injury Dislocation	21 (42.9%) 5 (10.2%) 4 (8.2%) 2 (4.1%)
Samuel et al. [9]	83	Infection Malalignment Chronic pain Death	27 (32.5%) 11 (13.2%) 11 (13.2%) 11 (13.2%)
McWilliams et al. [1]	523	Infection Technical error Post-operative care Pain	95 (16.7%) 63 (11.1%) 51 (8.9%) 50 (8.8%)
Bhutta et al. [10]	246	Chronic pain Technical error Infection Post-operative care	58 (23.5%) 57 (23.1%) 44 (17.8%) 43 (17.4%)