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Table 4 A detailed description of complication type stratified by surgical category

From: Clinical results and complications following surgical management of symptomatic os acromiale: a systematic review

Complication

Excision (n = 77)

Acromioplasty (n = 18)

ORIF

K-wires (n = 57)

Cannulated screws (n = 56)

Plating (n = 5)

Absorbable screws (n = 8)

Total

Seroma

   

1

  

1

Wound dehiscence

   

1

  

1

Surgical site infection

1

2

3

1

  

7

Failure of index procedure

  

2

   

2

Nonunion

  

8

1

 

1

10

Iatrogenic fracture

     

1

1

Symptomatic hardware removal

  

20

5

2

2

29

Asymptomatic hardware removal

  

24

10

  

34

Complex regional pain syndrome

  

2

   

2

Total

1

2

59

19

2

4

87

  1. ORIF open reduction and internal fixation
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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