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Table 3

Complications.

Study Complications Numbers of DLO Percentage
Akaoka et al. [35] None 26 0%
Nakayama et al. [16] A major intraoperative arterial injury was encountered in a 44-year-old female patient. In this case, the popliteal artery was injured during the distal femoral osteotomy. 20 5%
Babis et al. [7] In one knee, the supracondylar part of the double osteotomy collapsed into excessive valgus one week postoperatively because of insufficient fixation/ The two undercorrected knees had a 74% and 87% residual medial overload 24 4.17%
Hai et al. [37] One case of wound infection at the tibial site was diagnosed 3 months postoperatively and was successfully treated with oral antibiotics. 26 3.85%
Saragaglia et al. [40] No 42 0%
Schröter et al. [24] One patient had a complication with a fracture of the medial hinge after distal femur osteotomy; this resulted in an overcorrection, and the problem was solved with revision surgery. 37 2.7%
Total 4 175 2.28%

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