Table 5.
Comparisons of Complications across Datasets for Complete NSQIP and Propensity-weighted Complete TOPS
Overall | Breast Reductions | Prosthetic Reconstruction | Autologous Reconstruction | Free Flap | Pressure Ulcer Repair | |||||||||||||
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NSQIP-WM | Weighted TOPS | P | NSQIP-WM | Weighted TOPS | P | NSQIP-WM | Weighted TOPS | P | NSQIP-WM | Weighted TOPS | P | NSQIP-WM | Weighted TOPS | P | NSQIP-WM | Weighted TOPS | P | |
N | 79,399 | 29,053.7 | 18,463 | 15,647.6 | 43,081 | 11,396.2 | 12,541 | 1833.7 | 4285 | 191.9 | 1029 | 211 | ||||||
Medical complications | 1758 (2.2) | 121.4 (0.42) | <0.001 | 118 (0.6) | 22.5 (0.14) | <0.001 | 603 (1.4) | 54.0 (0.47) | <0.001 | 325 (2.6) | 8.1 (0.44) | <0.001 | 555 (13.0) | 1.5 (0.79) | <0.001 | 157 (15.3) | 7.2 (3.43) | 0.003 |
Dehiscence | 798 (1.0) | 1701.9 (5.86) | <0.001 | 126 (0.7) | 946.3 (6.05) | <0.001 | 261 (0.6) | 416.9 (3.66) | <0.001 | 194 (1.5) | 210.9 (11.50) | <0.001 | 181 (4.2) | 8.5 (4.44) | 0.889 | 36 (3.5) | 35.5 (16.84) | <0.001 |
Mortality | 85 (0.1) | 1.2 (0.00) | <0.001 | 3 (0.0) | 1.1 (0.01) | 0.469 | 5 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.00) | NA | 4 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.00) | NA | 40 (0.9) | 0.0 (0.00) | NA | 33 (3.2) | 0.0 (0.00) | NA |
Venous thromboembolism | 411 (0.5) | 37.4 (0.13) | <0.001 | 35 (0.2) | 17.3 (0.11) | 0.080 | 164 (0.4) | 15.8 (0.14) | 0.001 | 127 (1.0) | 3.9 (0.21) | <0.001 | 77 (1.8) | 0.0 (0.00) | NA | 8 (0.8) | 0.0 (0.00) | NA |
Return to OR | 5225 (6.6) | 1121.1 (3.86) | <0.001 | 397 (2.2) | 233.8 (1.49) | <0.001 | 2623 (6.1) | 542.8 (4.76) | <0.001 | 1332 (10.6) | 154.6 (8.43) | 0.021 | 772 (18.0) | 24.8 (12.93) | 0.198 | 101 (9.8) | 9.8 (4.64) | 0.134 |
Surgical infection | 2406 (3.0) | 704.8 (2.43) | <0.001 | 419 (2.3) | 271.0 (1.73) | 0.002 | 976 (2.3) | 318.3 (2.79) | 0.007 | 535 (4.3) | 63.9 (3.48) | 0.167 | 413 (9.6) | 11.5 (5.97) | 0.271 | 63 (6.1) | 4.9 (2.32) | 0.174 |