Complication |
Age |
Gender |
Classification of Fracture |
History of Smoking |
Comorbidities (Number of Body Systems Involved) |
Grade of Operating Surgeon |
Delay to Surgery (Days) |
Need for Readmission |
Treatment |
Outcome |
Superficial infection |
37 |
Female |
Unimalleolar |
No |
0 |
Resident |
4 |
No |
Oral antibiotics |
Healed |
Superficial infection |
40 |
Female |
Bimalleolar |
Yes |
1 |
Resident |
9 |
No |
Oral antibiotics |
Healed |
Superficial infection |
60 |
Female |
Bimalleolar |
No |
1 |
Resident |
7 |
No |
Oral antibiotics |
Healed |
Superficial infection |
45 |
Male |
Bimalleolar |
No |
2 |
Resident |
0 |
No |
Oral antibiotics |
Healed |
Superficial infection |
56 |
Female |
Bimalleolar |
No |
0 |
Resident |
4 |
No |
Oral antibiotics |
On-going |
Superficial infection |
63 |
Female |
Bimalleolar |
No |
0 |
Resident |
10 |
No |
Oral antibiotics |
Healed |
Superficial infection |
39 |
Female |
Trimalleolar |
Yes |
3 |
Resident |
4 |
No |
Oral antibiotics |
On-going |
Deep infection |
21 |
Male |
Unimalleolar |
Yes |
0 |
Resident |
0 |
Yes |
Debridement and washout |
Healed |
Deep infection |
55 |
Male |
Unimalleolar |
Yes |
1 |
Resident |
3 |
Yes |
Debridement and washout |
Healed |
Deep infection |
80 |
Female |
Bimalleolar |
No |
2 |
Resident |
0 |
No |
Intravenous antibiotics |
Healed |
Deep infection |
51 |
Male |
Bimalleolar |
Yes |
0 |
Resident |
10 |
Yes |
Removal of metal work |
Healed |
Deep infection |
51 |
Female |
Bimalleolar |
Yes |
2 |
Resident |
12 |
Yes |
Removal of metal work |
On-going |
Fixation failure |
53 |
Female |
Trimalleolar |
Yes |
2 |
Resident |
9 |
Yes |
Further corrective surgery |
On-going |
Fixation failure |
25 |
Male |
Unimalleolar |
No |
0 |
Resident |
3 |
Yes |
Redo fixation plus bone grafting |
Healed |
Chronic regional pain syndrome |
34 |
Female |
Unimalleolar |
Yes |
0 |
Resident |
0 |
Yes |
Removal of metal work |
On-going |