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Table 5 Complications in the period of bone transport

From: Evaluation of complications associated with bifocal bone transport as treatment for either proximal, intermediate or distal femoral defects caused by infection: outcome analysis of 76 patients

Complication

Proximal

(n = 31)

Intermediate (n = 19)

Distal

(n = 26)

Pin tract infection

11

13

5

Muscle contractures

3

4

0

Joint stiffness

1

0

2

Axial deviation

4

7

2

Soft tissue incarceration

1

3

2

Delayed union

0

1

2

Nonunion

0

0

1

Transport gap re-fracture

0

0

0