Table 2 Complications of lower leg arterial injury patients treated with external fixation
From: Management algorithm of external fixation in lower leg arterial injury for limb salvages
Complication | N (45 legs) | Treatment |
|---|---|---|
Pin tract infection | 6 (8 legs) | Effective antibiotics |
Pins loosening | 2 (2 legs) | Exchanged the pins |
Post-operative wound | Â | Â |
 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 |