Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction-related patient injuries: a nationwide registry study in Finland

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Table 2. Criteria entitling patient to compensation according to the Finnish Patient Injury Act (Patient Injury Act 25.7.1986/585)

1.	Treatment injury
2.	Equipment-related injury
3.	Infection injury
4.	Accidental injury
5.	Injury from damage to healthcare facilities
6.	Injury due to delivery of pharmaceuticals
7.	Unreasonable injury

Figure 1. ACL reconstructions or revisions (n) (procedure codes NGE30 and NGE35) between 2005 and 2010.

Figure 2. Distribution of different healthcare units performing ACL surgery between 2005 and 2010 in Finland.

Table 3. Total number, sex distribution, and mean age of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) patients (HILMO) and patient injury claimants (PIC) between 2005 and 2010: background data from the HILMO and research data from the PIC

Sex	HILMO: ACLR patients		PIC: patient injury claims
	n	mean age (range)	n	mean age (range)
Male	11,293	31 (4–76)	141	35 (9–71)
Female	5,646	35 (6–77)	107	35 (8–75)
Total	16,939	33 (4–77)	248	35 (8–75)

Table 4. Reasons for patient complaints^a

Reason	n
Pain	95
Financial difficulties (sick leave, unemployment, additional expenses)	60
Infection	56
Reoperation	53
Decline in work performance	48
Delay in care	45
Delay in diagnosis	38
Decline in general performance	31
Prolonged rehabilitation	29
Prolonged use of antibiotics	22
Edema	15
Instability	15
Numbness	13
Arthrosis	11
Deep venous thrombosis	10

a Patients complained for 65 different experienced reasons. Each of those reasons have been collected and are presented in this table. Reasons that appeared less than 10 times are not presented.

Figure 3. Patient injury claims during 2005–2010.