title: Complications in minimal incision surgery.
abstract: The potential for complications after minimal incision surgery is rare. When complications do arise, they may have a devastating affect on foot function and comfort. Three possible complications that can occur and cause an adverse affect on the foot are surgical wound infections of soft tissue, bone, or both; malunion, delayed union, nonunion, and pseudoarthrosis of bone; and functional joint limitation of motion, with or without joint stiffness and pain. This article addresses these three topics from the perspective of clinical recognition, appropriate postoperative management, and prevention.
authors.affiliation: Botsford General Hospital, Farmington Hills, Michigan.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D014945:Wound Healing