Table 2.

Risk-Adjusted Odds of 30-Day Readmission Following Open TAA Repair and VHR

Characteristic	Postoperative Complicationa		No Complicationa
	OR (95% CI)	P Value	OR (95% CI)	P Value
Open TAA Repair
Early PCP follow-up	0.53 (0.37–0.75)	<.001	0.97 (0.69–1.37)	.87
Length of hospital stay, d
<9	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
≥9	1.16 (0.84–1.60)	.36	0.83 (0.62–1.11)	.20
Age, y
65–69	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
70–79	1.06 (0.73–1.53)	.77	0.98 (0.70–1.36)	.88
≥80	1.34 (0.81–2.23)	.25	0.98 (0.58–1.66)	.93
Black race	1.47 (0.62–3.51)	.39	1.40 (0.69–2.84)	.35
Male sex	1.10 (0.76–1.60)	.61	0.70 (0.53–0.93)	.01
Charlson comorbidity index score
<1	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
1–2	1.41 (0.80–2.51)	.24	1.30 (0.72–2.02)	.34
>2	1.62 (1.12–2.35)	.01	1.36 (0.84–2.57)	.23
Open VHR
Early PCP follow-up	0.74 (0.52–1.06)	.10	1.05 (0.93–1.18)	.43
Length of hospital stay, d
<3	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
≥3	1.08 (0.84–1.40)	.54	1.58 (1.46–1.71)	<.001
Age, y
65–69	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
70–79	1.03 (0.81–1.31)	.80	0.99 (0.91–1.08)	.78
≥80	1.05 (0.76–1.44)	.77	1.07 (0.96–1.19)	.22
Black race	1.61 (1.03–2.50)	.04	1.35 (1.14–1.60)	<.001
Male sex	1.15 (0.92–1.44)	.23	0.96 (0.87–1.03)	.27
Charlson comorbidity index score
<1	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
1–2	1.23 (0.97–1.54)	.08	1.32 (1.21–1.44)	<.001
>2	1.28 (0.90–1.81)	.16	1.68 (1.50–1.89)	<.001

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; PCP, primary care provider; TAA, thoracic aortic aneurysm; VHR, ventral hernia repair.

^aIncludes major postoperative complications such as renal failure, pulmonary failure, spinal cord ischemia, cerebrovascular event, and gastrointestinal injury or ischemia for patients undergoing open TAA repair; and bowel injury, cardiopulmonary failure, and accidental laceration for patients undergoing VHR.