|
| | | Complication rate | |
|
| Open excision |
|
| Angelides and Wallace 1976 [26] | Dorsal | 0/346 (0%) | 1.2% had 0–10 degree loss of volar flexion |
| Janzon and Niechajev 1981 [27] | | Not reported | |
| Clay and Clement 1988 [28] | Dorsal | 0/51 (0%) | 1 had evidence of scapholunate dissociation |
| Watson et al. 1989 [29, 30] | Dorsal and palmar | Not reported | |
| Jacobs and Govaers 1990 [31] | Palmar | 20/71 (28%) | 20 had unsatisfactory scar (2 had evidence of neuroma), 20 had evidence of median nerve damage |
| Wright et al. 1994 [13] | Palmar | 6/72 (8.3) | superficial infection, tendinitis, and pain dystrophy |
| Filan and Herbert 1996 [32] | Recurrent dorsal | Not reported | |
| Hwang et al. 1999 [33] | Dorsal | 3/19 (16%) | 1 suture abscess, 1 loss of wrist flexion of 45 degree, and 1 transient neuropraxia |
| Faithfull and Seeto 2000 [34] | Dorsal and palmar | Not reported | |
|
Gündeş et al. 2000 [35] | 24 dorsal | 12.5% | 1 had evidence of radial nerve injuries |
| 16 volar | 56% | 2 had evidence of median nerve injuries, 2 had radial artery injuries |
|
Akkerhuiset al. 2002 [20] | Wrist and foot | Not reported | |
| Limpaphayom and Wilairatana 2004 [23] | Dorsal | 0/11 (0%) | |
| Kang et al. 2008 [36] | Dorsal | 0/23 (0%) | |
| Rocchi et al. 2008 [37] | Palmar | 7/25 (28%) | 4 radial artery injuries, 2 partial stiffness of the wrist, and 1 neuropraxia |
|
| Arthroscopy + open |
|
| Dias and Buch 2003 [6] | Palmar | 20% | |
| Dias et al. 2007 [7] | Dorsal | 8/103 (7.8%) | 3 numbness, 4 scar tender, and 1 keloid |
|
| Arthroscopic resection |
|
| Osterman and Raphael 1995 [38] | Dorsal | 0/18 (0%) | |
| Luchetti et al. 2000 [39] | Dorsal | 0/34 (0%) | |
|
Ho et al. 2001 [40] | Dorsal | 0/19 (0%) | |
| Palmar | 0/5 (0%) | |
| Nishikawa et al. 2001 [41] | Dorsal | 0/37 (0%) | |
| Shih et al. 2002 [42] | Dorsal | Not reported | |
| Rizzo et al. 2004 [43] | Dorsal | 10/47 (21%) | 10 postoperative stiffness |
|
Mathoulin et al. 2004 [44] | Dorsal | 0/96 (0%) | |
| Palmar | 1/32 (3.1%) | 1 hematoma |
| Rocchi et al. 2006 [45] | Dorsal and palmar | 4/47 (8.5%) | 1 radial artery injury, 1 haematoma, and 2 axonotmesis |
| Kang et al. 2008 [36] | Dorsal | 1/41 (2.1%) | 1 neuropraxia |
| Rocchi et al. 2008 [37] | Palmar | 2/25 (8%) | 1 neuropraxia, 1 injury to a branch of the radial artery |
| Edwards and Johansen 2009 [46] | Dorsal | 3/55 (5.5%) | 3 extensor tenosynovitis |
| Chen et al. 2010 [47] | Dorsal and palmar | 1/15 (6.7%) | 1 case of transient paresthesia |
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