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 ∗.