Table 3.
Complication incidence across procedures.
| All Procedures (n=214,504) |
Breast Augmentation (n=94,618) |
Liposuction (n=56,756) |
Blepharoplasty (n=29,797) |
Rhinoplasty (n=8,387) |
Abdominoplasty (n=24,946) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seroma, n (%) | 2,444 (1.1%) | 317 (0.3%) | 1,030 (1.8%) | 82 (0.3%) | 5 (0.06%) | 1,010 (4.1%) |
| Hematoma, n (%) | 1,522 (0.7%) | 779 (0.8%) | 246 (0.4%) | 232 (0.8%) | 13 (0.2%) | 252 (1.0%) |
| Superficial wound disruption, n (%) | 1,960 (0.9%) | 445 (0.5%) | 607 (1.1%) | 117 (0.4%) | 6 (0.1%) | 785 (3.2%) |
| Deep wound disruption, n (%) | 403 (0.2%) | 83 (0.1%) | 123 (0.2%) | 6 (0.02%) | 6 (0.07%) | 185 (0.7%) |
| Superficial SSI, n (%) | 665 (0.3%) | 134 (0.1%) | 234 (0.4%) | 56 (0.2%) | 17 (0.2%) | 224 (0.9%) |
| Deep SSI, n (%) | 415 (0.2%) | 108 (0.1%) | 146 (0.3%) | 12 (0.04%) | 8 (0.1%) | 141 (0.6%) |
| Need for IV Antibiotics, n (%) | 353 (0.2%) | 105 (0.1%) | 118 (0.2%) | 11 (0.04%) | 4 (0.05%) | 115 (0.5%) |
| Need for PO antibiotics, n (%) | 2,127 (1.0%) | 575 (0.6%) | 696 (1.2%) | 124 (0.4%) | 42 (0.5%) | 690 (2.8%) |
| Implant loss, n (%) | N/A | 211 (0.2%) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Need for blood transfusion, n (%) | 103 (0.05%) | 11 (0.01%) | 45 (0.08%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 47 (0.2%) |
| DVT or Pulmonary embolism, n (%) | 258 (0.1%) | 26 (0.03%) | 97 (0.2%) | 8 (0.03%) | 2 (0.02%) | 125 (0.5%) |
| Unplanned hospital admission, n (%) | 728 (0.34%) | 147 (0.16%) | 248 (0.44%) | 33 (0.11%) | 9 (0.11%) | 291 (1.2%) |
| Unplanned ER visit, n (%) | 544 (0.25%) | 123 (0.13%) | 191 (0.34%) | 18 (0.06%) | 4 (0.048%) | 208 (0.83%) |
| Unplanned OR return, n (%) | 1,725 (0.80%) | 903 (0.95%) | 275 (0.48%) | 172 (0.58%) | 21 (0.25%) | 354 (1.42%) |