Table 3.
Diagnosis and Procedure Characteristics of 30-Day Revisit Rate After Septorhinoplasty
| Characteristic | Patients, No. | Patients With Hospital Revisit, No. (%) |
Unadjusted Odds Ratio (99% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 175 842 | 11 456 (6.5) | |
| Patient diagnoses | |||
| Deviated septum | 150 000 | 9879 (6.6) | 1.09 (0.87–1.35) |
| Turbinate hypertrophy | 107 586 | 7195 (6.7) | 1.08 (0.86–1.35) |
| Nasal airway obstruction | 36 838 | 2367 (6.4) | 0.98 (0.80–1.20) |
| Cosmetic appearance | 5009 | 151 (3.0) | 0.44 (0.33–0.58) |
| Deformity | |||
| Acquired nasal | 17 991 | 936 (5.2) | 0.77 (0.64–0.92) |
| Congenital nasal | 2661 | 109 (4.1) | 0.61 (0.43–0.87) |
| Congenital septal | 655 | 42 (6.4) | 0.98 (0.66–1.46) |
| Late effect of craniofacial fracture | 2652 | 170 (6.4) | 0.98 (0.64–1.52) |
| Procedure performed | |||
| Septoplasty | 151 727 | 10 167 (6.7) | 1.27 (1.00–1.62) |
| Inferior turbinate reduction | 114 179 | 7627 (6.7) | 1.08 (0.87–1.34) |
| Repair of vestibular stenosis | 4441 | 368 (8.3) | 1.31 (0.79–2.15) |
| Primary rhinoplasty | |||
| Cartilage or tip | 6023 | 357 (5.9) | 0.90 (0.73–1.11) |
| Complete or bony | 5307 | 183 (3.4) | 0.51 (0.37–0.69) |
| Septal repair | 11 290 | 593 (5.3) | 0.78 (0.63–0.97) |
| Secondary rhinoplasty | |||
| Minor | 1609 | 55 (3.4) | 0.51 (0.29–0.89) |
| Intermediate | 830 | 26 (3.1) | 0.46 (0.27–0.79) |
| Major | 1083 | 54 (5.0) | 0.75 (0.51–1.11) |
| Cleft | |||
| Rhinoplasty | 286 | <10a | b |
| Septorhinoplasty | 349 | <10a | b |
| Graft | |||
| Septal | 4785 | 287 (6.0) | 0.91 (0.70–1.20) |
| Conchal | 1636 | 215 (13.1) | 2.20 (1.31–3.69) |
| Rib | 249 | 14 (5.6) | 0.86 (0.40–1.85) |
| Bone | 253 | 22 (8.7) | 1.37 (0.79–2.38) |
a
The Healthcare Cost and Utillization Project does not report exact numbers for categories with fewer than 10 patients.
b
No analysis was performed owing to the high percentage of missing data.