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. 2020 May 27;8(5):e2841. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002841

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
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.