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Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2007 Dec;46(6):1191–1197. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.07.053

Table IV.

Impact of wound complications on resource utilization

Variables	All patients mean	No wound complication mean	Any wound complication mean	Serious wound complication mean	Any WC vs no WC P value	Serious WC vs no WC P value
Index LOS (d)	8.9 ± 9.3	8.0 ± 7.7	10.3 ± 11.3	10.7 ± 10.8	<.0001	<.0001
Cumulative LOS (d)	24.1 ± 27.4	20.9 ± 26.2	29.1 ± 28.6	34.5 ± 32.4	<.0001	<.0001
# of rehospitalizations	1.5 ± 1.7	1.3 ± 1.6	1.8 ± 1.8	2.2 ± 1.7	<.0001	<.0001

WC, Wound complications; LOS, length of hospital stay.