Do Microsurgical Outcomes Differ Based on Which Specialty Does the Operation? A NSQIP Analysis.

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open · 2020 · PMC7209891 · PMID 32440436

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Although the rates of SSIs were lower in plastic surgery compared with otolaryngology for head and neck operations (10.5% versus 13.3%) and compared with general surgery for breast reconstructions (4.7% versus 5.4%), this failed to reach statistical significance ( P = 0.23; P = 0.66).

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Although rates of SSI and readmission in head and neck microsurgical cases had a negative coefficient (protective effect) if plastic surgery was the specialty involved, this did not reach statistical significance.

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