Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Complications and failure rates
From: Management of anterior cruciate ligament rupture in patients aged 40 years and older
Author | Complications | Graft failures (%) |
|---|---|---|
Barber et al. [19] | 1 (3%) loss of postoperative motion | 0 (0) |
Heier et al. [24] | 1 (2%) loss of postoperative motion 1 (2%) anterior knee pain | 2 (4) |
Plancher et al. [25] | 4 (4%) hardware intolerances 1 (1%) patellar ligament inflammation 3 (3%) losses of postoperative motion | 0 (0) |
Viola et al. [20] | 1 (9%) loss of postoperative motion | 0 (0) |
Brandsson et al. [21] | 2 (6%) bleeding complications 8 (27%) losses of postoperative motion | 0 (0) |
Zysk et al. [22] | 1 (1%) bleeding complication 6 (6%) losses of postoperative motion 7 (6.9%) deep vein thromboses 1 (1%) lung embolism | 0 (0) |
Kuechle et al. [13] | 2 (4%) superficial wound infections 13 (28%) hardware intolerances 2 (4%) losses of postoperative motion | 1 (2) |
Barrett et al. [26] | 1 (2%) anterior knee pain 1 (2%) sterile synovitis | 1 (2) |
Javernick et al. [27] | 0 (0%) | 0 (0) |
Marquass et al. [29] | None reported | 0 (0) |
Khan et al. [30] | 1 (5%) superficial wound infection 1 (5%) deep vein thrombosis | 0 (0) |
Barber et al. [15] | None reported | 0 (0) |
Blyth et al. [28] | 2 (6%) wound healing problems | 0 (0) |
Stein et al. [14] | 2 (8%) recurrent knee effusions | 0 (0) |
Dahm et al. [31] | 2 (16%) hardware intolerances | 3 (9) |
Trojani et al. [32] | 3 (17%) losses of postoperative motion 1 (5%) posterior knee pain 4 (22%) cases of tibiofemoral pain | 0 (0) |
Osti et al. [23] | None reported | 1 (5) |