Table 2.

Complications of lower leg arterial injury patients treated with external fixation

Complication	N (45 legs)	Treatment
Pin tract infection	6 (8 legs)	Effective antibiotics
Pins loosening	2 (2 legs)	Exchanged the pins
Post-operative wound
Superficial infection	7 (7 legs)	Effective antibiotics
Deep infection developed osteomyelitis	3 (3 legs)	Thorough debridement, sequestrectomy and bone cement placement with vancomycin
Bone nonunion or bone defect	16 (17 legs)	Bone grafting or bone transporting
Crisis of blood-circulation	8 (8 legs)	Amputation