Table 1 Compensation claim reasons from 372 patients after meniscal surgery from the “Norwegian system of patient injury compensation” database (2010–2020). Adopted with permission under the creative commons attribution 4.0 international license, from: Øhrn FD, Årøen A, Aae TF. Medical negligence compensation claims in knee meniscal surgery in Norway: a cross-sectional study. Patient Saf. Surg. 2025, 19:5. (© the authors 2025). Abbreviations: CRPS, chronic regional pain syndrome; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism
Compensation claim reasons | Number of patients |
|---|---|
Continued knee pain | 114 |
Postoperative infection | 98 |
Wrong surgical technique | 38 |
Impaired knee function or instability | 25 |
Nerve injury | 22 |
Delayed treatment/surgery | 21 |
Wrong surgical indication or no indication | 16 |
Thromboembolic complication (DVT/PE) | 13 |
Inadequate preoperative assessment | 10 |
Iatrogenic injury (not specified) | 3 |
Development of osteoarthritis | 2 |
Knee stiffness | 2 |
Wrong-site surgery (operated on wrong knee) | 2 |
Postoperative compartment syndrome | 2 |
Chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) | 2 |
Surgery alleged to initiate rheumatoid arthritis | 1 |
Patient death | 1 |
Total number of patients | 372 |