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Other Postoperative Complications Associated With Wound Complications.a
| Total (N = 5803, 100%) | No Wound Complication (n = 5663, 97.6%) | Wound Complication (n = 140, 2.5%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | P | |
| Transfusion (intra-/postoperative within 30 days) | 1568 | 27.0% | 1500 | 26.5% | 68 | 48.6% | <.0001 |
| Mortality | 29 | 0.5% | 27 | 0.5% | 2 | 1.4% | .115 |
| Length of stay >5 days | 1667 | 28.7% | 1589 | 28.1% | 78 | 55.7% | <.0001 |
| Unplanned reoperation (2011-2014), N = 5339 | 331 | 6.2% | 147 | 2.8% | 69 | 55.6% | <.0001 |
aBoldface indicates P = .05.
