Table 4.
Comparisons of Complications across Datasets for Patients with Complete Demographic/Clinical Data
Overall | Breast Reductions | Prosthetic Reconstruction | Autologous Reconstruction | Free Flap | Pressure Ulcer Repair | |||||||||||||
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NSQIP-WM | TOPS-WM | P | NSQIP-WM | TOPS-WM | P | NSQIP-WM | TOPS-WM | P | NSQIP-WM | TOPS-WM | P | NSQIP-WM | TOPS-WM | P | NSQIP-WM | TOPS-WM | P | |
N | 79,399 | 29,177 | 18,463 | 15,591 | 43,081 | 11,315 | 12,541 | 1853 | 4285 | 208 | 1029 | 210 | ||||||
Medical complications | 1758 (2.2) | 79 (0.3) | <0.001 | 118 (0.6) | 17 (0.1) | <0.001 | 603 (1.4) | 47 (0.4) | <0.001 | 325 (2.6) | 9 (0.5) | <0.001 | 555 (13.0) | 2 (1.0) | <0.001 | 157 (15.3) | 4 (1.9) | <0.001 |
Dehiscence | 798 (1.0) | 1481 (5.1) | <0.001 | 126 (0.7) | 863 (5.5) | <0.001 | 261 (0.6) | 372 (3.3) | <0.001 | 194 (1.5) | 194 (10.5) | <0.001 | 181 (4.2) | 12 (5.8) | 0.369 | 36 (3.5) | 40 (19.0) | <0.001 |
Mortality | 85 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | <0.001 | 3 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0.739 | 5 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NA | 4 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NA | 40 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | NA | 33 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | NA |
Venous thromboembolism | 411 (0.5) | 34 (0.1) | <0.001 | 35 (0.2) | 17 (0.1) | 0.079 | 164 (0.4) | 12 (0.1) | <0.001 | 127 (1.0) | 5 (0.3) | 0.003 | 77 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | NA | 8 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | NA |
Return to OR | 5225 (6.6) | 908 (3.1) | <0.001 | 397 (2.2) | 222 (1.4) | <0.001 | 2623 (6.1) | 512 (4.5) | <0.001 | 1332 (10.6) | 145 (7.8) | <0.001 | 772 (18.0) | 23 (11.1) | 0.013 | 101 (9.8) | 6 (2.9) | 0.002 |
Surgical infection | 2406 (3.0) | 601 (2.1) | <0.001 | 419 (2.3) | 243 (1.6) | <0.001 | 976 (2.3) | 281 (2.5) | 0.181 | 535 (4.3) | 64 (3.5) | 0.116 | 413 (9.6) | 9 (4.3) | 0.015 | 63 (6.1) | 4 (1.9) | 0.022 |
NA, not available; WM, without missing.