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Table 5 Complications and failures related to PCL repair

From: Posterior cruciate ligament repair seems safe with low failure rates but more high level evidence is needed: a systematic review

Author

Failures

Complications

Instability

Re-rupture

Arthrofibrosis

Other

Open PCL repair

 Heitmann et al

8.7% (6/69)a

 

11.6% (8/69)

1.4% (1/69): Compartment syndrome 1.4% (1/69): Infection

 Hua et al

  

17.6% (3/17) (18 knees)

5.9% (1/17) (18 knees): Infection 5.9% (1/17) (18 knees): Fat liquefaction

 Kohl et al

  

5.7% (2/35)

 

 Owens et al

  

20% (5/25) (28 knees)

4% (1 (2 knees) of 25 (28 knees)): Heterotopic ossification 8% (2/25 (28 knees)): Stitch granuloma

 Shirakura et al

   

Unknownb

Arthroscopic PCL repair

 Hopper et al

 

6.3% (1/16)

  

 Otto et al

14.3% (2/14)

 

7.1% (1/14)

 

 Vermeijden et al

15.8% (3/19)

 

21.1% (4/19)

 

 Wheatley et al

  

9.1% (1/11)

 
  1. aOf the six failures, four were related to the ACL
  2. bThe authors did not clearly state whether or not any complications occurred