Complications of FAI surgery: A highlight of common complications in published literature

Abstract

A complication is an event that results in prolonged operation time, or prolonged recovery from surgery, or requires a specific medical treatment, a secondary procedure, or a revision of the index procedure. Major complications are defined as those that have life-threatening sequelae or endanger the viability of the limb involved [1]. In FAI surgery, major complications are represented by deep infection, pulmonary embolism, intra-abdominal fluid extravasation, large-vessel vascular injury, definitive nerve injury, avascular necrosis, femoral neck fracture, trochanteric nonunion, dislocation, and death. Minor complications are iatrogenic chondrolabral damage, skin damage, temporary nerve palsy, capsular adhesion, deep vein thrombosis, broken instrumentation, heterotopic ossification, and microinstability [2].