Table 3 Complications
Intra-operative complications | Post-operative complications |
|---|---|
- Nerve/vessel damage | - Wound healing disorders (infection, hypertrophic scar, dehiscence) |
- Other operative complications | - Transient brachial plexus laesion (defined as paresthesia of the arm, and weakness of the pink and index finger) |
| Â | - Irritation of the implant (post-operative pain/itch/redness/irritation) |
| Â | - Migration of the implant |
| Â | - Breakage of the implant |
| Â | - Non-union (defined as lack of radiographic healing with clinical evidence of pain and motion at the fracture site after 6 months) |
| Â | - Mal-union (defined as union of the fracture in a shortened, angulated, or displaced position with weakness, easy fatigability, pain with overhead activity, neurologic symptoms, and shoulder asymmetry) |
| Â | - Other complications |