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. 2021 Jan 23;10(3):184–189. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1722332

Table 3. Complications.

Patients 21 Frequency (%)
Surgeries 21
Total patients with complications 5 23.8
Total procedural complications 11 52.4
Persistent nonunion 2 9.5
1 Waist (revision)
1 Proximal pole (revision)
– Both underwent midcarpal arthrodesis
HO 4 19.0
3 Waist (revision)
1 Proximal pole (revision)
Reoperation 3 14.3
2 Proximal pole (revision)
-HO excision with capsulectomy
-Midcarpal fusion
1 Waist (revision)
– Midcarpal fusion
Decreased ROM 1 4.8
1 Proximal pole (revision)
-Associated with HO and reoperation
Chronic pain 0 0
Infection 0 0

Abbreviations: HO, heterotopic ossification; ROM, range of motion.