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. 2025 Oct 31;8(1):100863. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsg.2025.100863

Table 4.

Rate of Postsurgical Complications

Characteristic Orthopedics
Plastics
Neurosurgery
General Surgery
P Value
N = 13,107 N = 13,107 N = 13,107 N = 13,107
Infection 68 (0.5%) 61 (0.5%) 109 (0.8%) 94 (0.7%) .002
Return to OR for Infection 18 (0.1%) <10 (-) 19 (0.1%) <10 (-) -

OR, operating room.

Chi-squared analysis was used to analyze difference between rates.

Different superscript symbols indicate statistically significant difference (P < .05).

Significantly different from specialties marked with †.

Significantly different from specialties marked with ∗.