The study examined 12,271 patients from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database.
The researchers found:
• The overall complication rate was 1.6 percent.
• The major morbidity rate was 0.76 percent.
• The minor morbidity rate was 0.86 percent.
• There was one patient death.
• The most common major complication was the need for reoperation.
• The most common minor complication was deep venous thrombosis or thrombophlebitis.
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