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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2013 Oct 9;124(4):838–845. doi: 10.1002/lary.24401

Table 3.

Complications after primary and revision FESS

Primary Cases (n=78,944) Revision Cases (n=4,151)
Complication Patients, n (%) Patients, n (%) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P value
All major complications* 288 (0.36) 19 (0.46) 1.26 (0.79 to 2.00) 0.34
 Skull base complications 103 (0.13) ≤10 (<0.25) -- 0.51
 Orbital complications 178 (0.23) 12 (0.29) 1.29 (0.71 to 2.30) 0.40

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval;

*

Major complications category includes ≤10 cases with hemorrhagic complications;

Exact numbers not reported in accordance with HCUP data user agreement that prohibits reporting of ≤10 observations.