From: Citywide trauma experience in Mwanza, Tanzania: a need for urgent intervention
Postoperative complications | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Surgical site infections | 844 | 36.5 |
Complication of fracture healing | 457 | 19.7 |
Complications of abdominal surgery | 36 | 1.6 |
Complications related to limb amputations | 19 | 0.8 |
Skin grafting/flaps failure | 17 | 0.7 |
Keloids/hypertrophic scars | 15 | 0.6 |
Pulmonary infections | 12 | 0.5 |
Postburn contractures | 10 | 0.4 |
Tetanus | 7 | 0.3 |
Cerebral abscess | 5 | 0.2 |