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. 2018 Sep 9;15(4):376–382. doi: 10.14245/ns.1836102.051

Table 5.

Complications and readmissions

Variable Outpatient Inpatient p-value
Wound disruption 0 (0) 1 (0.7) 0.476
Unplanned Intubation 0 (0) 1 (0.7) 0.476
Return to operating room 0 (0) 1 (0.7) 0.476
 Unplanned 0 (0) 1 (0.7) 0.476
 Planned 0 (0) 0 (0)
Any readmission 0 (0) 5 (3.3) 0.107
 Unplanned 0 5 -
  Related to the principal procedure 0 4 -
 Planned 0 0 -

Values are presented as number (%).

No patients had superficial surgical site infection (SSI), deep SSI, organ space SSI, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, failure to wean off the ventilator for >48 hours, progressive renal insufficiency, acute renal failure, urinary tract infection, cerebrovascular accident/stroke with neurological deficit, cardiac arrest requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation, myocardial infarction, bleeding requiring transfusion, deep vein thrombosis/thrombophlebitis, sepsis or septic shock.