Table 2 Complications

Takasaka 2016 [22]

4 (1 infection, 2 skin necrosis, and 1 sural nerve neuroma)

0

Kumar 2014 [23]

7 (3 wound dehiscence, 1 superficial infection, and 3 deep infections)

0

Chen 2011 [24]

5 (2 deep infections and 3 superficial wound infection)

1 superficial wound infection

Wang 2015 [25]

8 (2 deep infections and 6 poor wound healing)

1 pin site ooze

DeWall 2010 [26]

15 (9 minor wound complications and 6 deep infections)

5 minor wound complications

Basile 2016 [27]

3 (2 wound edge necrosis and 1 wound breakdown requiring skin flap)

2 (1 mal-reduction and 1 tendon irritation requiring re-operation)

Kline 2013 [28]

26 (23 wound healing and 3 sural neuropathy)

3 (2 wound healing and 1 sural nerve neuropathy)

Wu 2012 [31]

27 (12 superficial infections, 6 wound edge necrosis, 2 deep infections, 7 sural nerve neuropathy, and 4 defects with plate removal)

14 (4 superficial infections, 3 sural nerve injuries, 7 medial injuries specific to this technique, and 4 defects with plate removal)

Xia 2014 [30]

8 (6 dehiscence/superficial infection and 2 wound edge necrosis)

0

Yeo 2015 [29]

18 (8 wound complications, 4 sural nerve injury, 1 peroneal tendonitis, and 5 subtalar stiffness)

7 (2 wound complications, 2 sural nerve injury, and 3 subtalar stiffness)

Weber 2008 [32]

13 (1 delayed wound healing, 1 hematoma, 1 sural nerve injury, 4 complex regional pain syndrome, 3 hardware removals, and 3 subsequent subtalar arthrodeses)

11 (1 plantar nerve irritation, 10 scar tenderness at 3 months post-op requiring hardware removal)