Table 1.

Observed rates of hematoma stratified by procedure type.

Procedure Type	Number of patients	Rate of re-operative hematoma (N)
Upper extremity reconstruction	534	0.94% (5 patients)
Breast reconstruction (expander, implant or autologous tissue)	899	4.78% (43 patients)
Breast reduction	276	7.97% (22 patients)
Cosmetic breast surgery	22	13.64% (3 patients)
Body contouring (non post-bariatric)	151	0 (0 patients)
Body contouring (post-bariatric)	247	3.64% (9 patients)
Non-trauma lower extremity reconstruction	266	0.75% (2 patients)
Head and neck reconstruction	449	1.79% (8 patients)
Chest/abdominal wall/back reconstruction	324	1.54% (5 patients)
Burn reconstruction	32	0 (0 patients)
Decubitus ulcers (debridement or reconstruction)	251	2.79% (7 patients)
Facial cosmetic surgery	83	2.41% (2 patients)
Genitourinary reconstruction	63	3.17% (2 patients)