General and Vascular Surgery Readmissions: A Systematic Review

Risk Factors for 30-Day Hospital Re-Admission with an Infectious Complication after Lower-Extremity Vascular Procedures

“…We found that among patients re-admitted with an infection, surgical site infection and LE cellulitis were the most common. This is similar to previous reports that have identified surgical site complications, including infections, as the most common reason for readmission [11,12]. Engelbert et al evaluated more than 2,000 patients from a single institution and found that surgical site complications were the most common re-admitting diagnosis, with site infection accounting for 20% of the re-admissions [10].…”

Thirty-day hospital readmission and emergency department visits after vascular surgery: a Canadian prospective cohort study

“…[5][6][7] Several authors have studied the rate of readmission following major vascular surgical procedures. [8][9][10][11][12] Such procedures are reported to yield the highest rates of hospital readmission of all surgical groups 1,13 and the third-highest of any diagnosis-related group. 1 However, these observations are predominantly from the United States and are derived mostly from administrative databases or registries.…”

Readmissions after general surgery: a prospective multicenter audit

“…Despite basing our data collection on a large number of data points identified from previous studies 6,9 , this study did not find any patient factors that were associated with readmissions. The only procedure related factors that were significantly associated with readmissions were complexity of surgery and length of stay, though it is likely that both factors are measuring the same attribute.…”