Table 3.
Reasons and frequency of readmissions during follow-up. The total number (%, percentage of cohort) of patients readmitted is also given (some patients being readmitted on multiple occasions).
| Total number of patients in cohort (total duration of follow-up) | TVT | TOT | SS | All | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41,880 (175,284 patient years) | 25,509 (108,339 patient years) | 613 (2650 patient years) | 68,002 (286,273 patient years) | |||||
| Total | Patients | Total | Patients | Total | Patients | Total | Patients | |
| In-hospital deaths | — | 345 (0.8%) | — | 204 (0.8%) | — | 3 (0.5%) | — | 552 (0.8%) |
| Readmissions for further surgery | 2476 | 2016 (4.8%) | 1370 | 1161 (4.6%) | 40 | 36 (5.9%) | 3886 | 3213 (4.7%) |
| - removal | 1277 | 1112 (2.7%) | 541 | 486 (1.9%) | 11 | 10 (1.6%) | 1829 | 1608 (2.4%) |
| - repair | 459 | 435 (1.0%) | 240 | 227 (0.9%) | 6 | 5 (0.8%) | 705 | 657 (1.0%) |
| - insertion | 831 | 812 (1.9%) | 630 | 615 (2.4%) | 25 | 24 (3.9%) | 1486 | 1451 (2.1%) |
| - renewal | 5 | 5 (0.0%) | 1 | 1 (0.0%) | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | 6 | 6 (0.0%) |
| Readmissions for complications from mesh surgery | 1389 | 1047 (2.5%) | 607 | 484 (1.9%) | 12 | 10 (1.6%) | 2008 | 1541 (2.3%) |
| Readmissions for complications or further surgery | 2950 | 2248 (5.4%) | 1580 | 1255 (4.9%) | 45 | 39 (6.4%) | 4575 | 3542 (5.2%) |
| Readmissions/1000 person years: | ||||||||
| - further mesh surgery | 14.1 | — | 12.7 | — | 15.1 | — | 13.6 | — |
| - complications of mesh surgery | 7.9 | — | 5.6 | — | 4.5 | — | 7.0 | — |
| - complications or further surgery | 16.8 | — | 14.6 | — | 17.0 | — | 16.0 | — |
| Patients free from further surgery or admission for complications after 5 years [95% CI] % | — | 93.9 [93.7–94.2] | — | 94.4 [94.1–94.8] | — | 92.5 [90.1–94.9] | — | 94.1 [93.9–94.3] |