Table 2.
Operative Details*
| Readmission | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable, no. (%) | All patients (N = 6600) | No (n = 6555) | Yes (n = 45) | P value |
| CPT code | <.01 | |||
| Tendon sheath incision (26055) | 3139 (47.6) | 3128 (99.6) | 11 (0.4) | |
| Syndactyly repair with flaps (26560) | 265 (4.0) | 264 (99.6) | 1 (0.4) | |
| Syndactyly repair with flaps and grafts (26561) | 1013 (15.3) | 1001 (98.8) | 12 (1.2) | |
| Complex syndactyly repair (26562) | 298 (4.5) | 293 (98.3) | 5 (1.7) | |
| Polydactyly repair (26587) | 1735 (26.3) | 1719 (99.1) | 16 (0.9) | |
| Phalangeal fracture treatment (26727) | 150 (2.3) | 150 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Hospital setting | <.01 | |||
| Inpatient | 240 (3.6) | 231 (96.3) | 9 (3.7) | |
| Outpatient | 6360 (96.4) | 6324 (99.4) | 36 (0.6) | |
| Case type | 1 | |||
| Elective | 6557 (99.3) | 6512 (99.3) | 45 (0.7) | |
| Emergent | 23 (0.3) | 23 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Urgent | 20 (0.3) | 20 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Surgical specialty | .27 | |||
| Orthopedic surgery | 4271 (64.7) | 4246 (99.4) | 25 (0.6) | |
| Plastic surgery | 2195 (33.3) | 2175 (99.1) | 20 (0.9) | |
| Other surgical specialty | 134 (2) | 134 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Wound class | .59 | |||
| Clean | 6472 (98.1) | 6428 (99.3) | 44 (0.7) | |
| Clean/contaminated | 116 (1.8) | 115 (99.1) | 1 (0.9) | |
| Contaminated | 10 (0.2) | 10 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Dirty | 2 (<0.1) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | |
| Anesthesia time, mean ± SD, minutes | 100.3 ± 77.6 | 99.9 ± 77.2 | 158.3 ± 109.9 | <.01 |
| Operative time, mean ± SD, minutes | 57.9 ± 63.2 | 57.5 ± 62.8 | 106.2 ± 96.3 | <.01 |