Clinical Outcomes and Complications of Cortical Button Distal Biceps Repair: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Table 3

Complications of distal biceps cortical button fixation.

Authors	Patients	PIN palsy	LABC palsy	SRN palsy	Infection	Heterotopic ossification	Cortical button problems	Wound problems	Rerupture	Re-op
() Bain et al. [10]	10	—	—	—	1 abscess 6 m postop (drainage)	—	—		—	1
() Greenberg et al. [11]	11	—	3 (transient)	—	—	—	—	1 (wound irritation, resolved spontaneously)	—	—
() Spencer Jr. et al. [20]	15	—	2 (transient)	—	—	—	—		—	—
() Peeters et al. [21]	17	—	—	—	—	2 (asymptomatic)	3 (2 wrong placement cases, 1 disengagement case)		1	1
() Dillon et al. [26]	17	—	2 (transient)	—	—	—	—		—	—
() Gupta et al. [27]	8 (1 bilateral case)	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—
() Banerjee et al. [23]	27	4 (transient)	2 (not resolved)	2 (persistent)	—	3 (1 severe case, removed twice)	1 disengagement case	3 (wound healing disorder)	1	3
Total	105	4 (3.8%)	9 (8.6%)	2 (1.9%)	1 (0.9%)	3 (2.9%)	4 (3.8%)	4 (3.8%)	2 (1.9%)	5 (4.8%)

PIN: posterior interosseous nerve; LABC: lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve; SRN: superficial radial nerve; Re-op: reoperation studies in Group B are highlighted with bold letters; not included as complication.