Postoperative characteristics of patients who underwent a minimally invasive autogenous cancellous bone graft procedure
| Characteristic | No. (%)* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients,†n = 26 | Evaluated in clinic, n = 13 | Reported by mail, n = 13 | |
| Asymptomatic patients | 26 (100) | 13 (50) | 13 (50) |
| Postoperative pain resolution | |||
| Less than 24 hr | 7 (27) | 6 (46) | 1 (8) |
| Within 7 d | 11 (42) | 5 (39) | 6 (46) |
| Within 8 wk | 8 (31) | 2 (15) | 6 (46) |
| At final review | 26 (100) | 13 (100) | 13 (100) |
| Intensity of pain on scale of 0–10 | |||
| 0–5 | 19 (73) | 10 (77) | 9 (69) |
| 6–10 | 7 (27) | 3 (23) | 4 (31) |
| Dysthesia over the healing wound | 4 (15) | 0 (0) | 4 (31) |
| Hyperpigmention, hypertrophic and keloid scar | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Gait disturbance | 11 (42) | 3 (23) | 8 (62) |
| Meralgia parasthetica | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Iliac crest contour defect residual scar in patients reviewed in the clinic | |||
| Length of scar, mm | 11.9 | 11.9 | NA |
| Width of scar, mm | 1.7 | 1.7 | NA |
| Distance from the ASIS, mm | 26.3 | 26.3 | NA |
| Length of hospital stay | |||
| 1 night | 15 (58) | 9 (69) | 6 (46) |
| 0 nights | 6 (23) | 4 (31) | 2 (15) |
| Unreported | 5 (19) | 0 (0) | 5 (39) |