Table 5 Details of minor and major complications encountered in 16 cases (20%) and 23 cases (28.75%) respectively presenting with open fractures. Five cases (n = 5, 29.4%) sustained both a minor and major complication that required implant explantation
Complications | Number of cases | |
|---|---|---|
MINOR | Outpatient open wound management | 8 |
Implant failure not necessitating revision surgery | 3 | |
Incisional dehiscence | 2 | |
External coaptation associated morbidity | 2 | |
Neuropraxia | 1 | |
MAJOR | Deep SSI; Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1), Escherichia coli & Enterobacter cloacae (1), E. coli, Corynebacterium species, Enterococcus faecalis, Aeromonas species, growth of Proteus species (1) unknown (4) | 7 |
Implant failure (5)/ Implant exposure (1) | 6 | |
Improper implant placement necessitating immediate revision | 3 | |
Osetomyelitis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1), Escherichia coli & Enterococcus species (1) | 2 | |
Bone sequestrum | 1 | |
Avascular necrosis of the surgical limb | 1 | |
Contralateral hip reluxation in a polytrauma case following initial open reduction | 1 | |
Osteosarcoma affecting same limb segment 9 years postoperatively | 1 | |
Skin necrosis | 1 | |