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. 2021 Nov 18;11(11):1222. doi: 10.3390/jpm11111222

Table 2.

Gastrointestinal bleeding prevalence and hospitalization period by surgery type.

Surgery Type Total Total Bleeding
(n, %)
In-Hospital Bleeding
(n, %)
Hospitalization Period (Days) with Bleeding (Mean ± SD) Hospitalization Period (Days) without Bleeding (Mean ± SD)
Head and Neck (major) 7007 50 (0.71) 46 (0.66) 34.59 ±25.67 16.52 ±12.08
Head and Neck (minor) 164,792 48 (0.03) 11 (0.01) 17.73 ±17.16 2.06 ±2.43
Cardiovascular (major) 15,379 290 (1.89) 232 (1.51) 23.26 ±10.35 16.37 ±8.98
Gastrointestinal (major) 60,213 1156 (1.92) 1020 (1.69) 21.98 ±14.48 13.73 ±8.35
Gastrointestinal (minor) 160,621 287 (0.18) 187 (0.12) 19.21 ±15.76 6.16 ±4.26
Genitourinary (major) 13,162 71 (0.54) 57 (0.43) 24.40 ±13.97 12.54 ±7.69
Gynecological (major) 50,797 22 (0.04) 12 (0.02) 26.92 ±15.23 7.24 ±3.94
Cesarean Section (minor) 162,544 9 (0.01) 7 (0.00) 8.43 ±12.59 6.50 ±1.47
Orthopedic (major) 276,446 1245 (0.45) 953 (0.34) 25.44 ±15.81 16.16 ±10.37
Orthopedic (minor) 2473 2 (0.08) 2 (0.08) 21.00 ±1.41 6.15 ±5.88
Others (minor) 406,373 325 (0.08) 117 (0.03) 12.04 ±11.56 3.55 ±3.05
Total 1,319,807 3505 (0.27) 2644 (0.20) 22.94 ±15.28 7.59 ±7.91

All p values for hospitalization period between subjects with and without bleeding are below 0.001.