Table 2 Additional postoperative complications

Length of Stay, mean ± SD

2.4 ± 3.1

4.3 ± 4.5

 < 0.001

Discharge Destination, n (%)

 < 0.001

 Skilled Care, Not Home

26,796 (10.0)

270 (22.7)

 Unskilled Facility Not Home

368 (0.1)

3 (0.3)

 Facility Which Was Home

941 (0.4)

18 (1.5)

 Home

222,185 (83.3)

719 (60.5)

 Separate Acute Care

778 (0.3)

8 (0.7)

 Rehab

15,315 (5.7)

164 (13.8)

 Expired

199 (0.1)

3 (0.3)

 Against Medical Advice

58 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Hospice

47 (0.0)

2 (0.2)

 Unknown

61 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

 Multi-level Senior Community

32 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Superficial Wound Infections, n (%)

1,931 (0.7)

14 (1.1)

0.088

Deep Incisional SSI Complications, n (%)

583 (0.2)

7 (0.6)

0.019

Organ/Space SSI Complications, n (%)

846 (0.3)

18 (1.4)

 < 0.001

Unplanned Intubation Complications, n (%)

430 (0.2)

3 (0.2)

0.453

Pulmonary Embolism Complications, n (%)

719 (0.3)

5 (0.4)

0.272

On Ventilator > 48 Hours Complications, n (%)

172 (0.1)

4 (0.3)

0.008

Progressive Renal Insufficiency Complications, n (%)

256 (0.1)

3 (0.2)

0.114

Acute Renal Failure Complications, n (%)

141 (0.1)

5 (0.4)

0.001

Urinary Tract Infection Complications, n (%)

2,522 (0.9)

24 (1.9)

0.001

Stroke/CVA Complications, n (%)

278 (0.1)

5 (0.4)

0.010

Coma > 24 Hours Complications, n (%)

2 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

0.011

Peripheral Nerve Injury Complications, n (%)

24 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1.000

Cardiac Arrest Requiring CPR Complications, n (%)

243 (0.1)

2 (0.2)

0.305

Myocardial Infarction Complications, n (%)

663 (0.2)

5 (0.4)

0.237

Bleeding Transfusions Complications, n (%)

16,828 (6.1)

313 (24.9)

 < 0.001

DVT/Thrombophlebitis Complications, n (%)

1,019 (0.4)

12 (1.0)

0.003

Sepsis Complications, n (%)

706 (0.3)

14 (1.1)

 < 0.001

Septic Shock Complications, n (%)

173 (0.1)

3 (0.2)

0.046

Reop/Read, n (%)

10,536 (3.8)

132 (10.5)

 < 0.001

C. Diff Occurrences, n (%)

240 (0.1)

3 (0.3)

0.085