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Table 6 Percent distribution of types of AEs among surgical procedure categories, in Top 15 rank order by volume of procedures

From: Incidence of adverse events in an integrated US healthcare system: a retrospective observational study of 82,784 surgical hospitalizations

Procedure codes (ICD-9-CM)

Surgical procedure categories

Total procedures

% Care management

% Transfusions

% Clinical support services

% Falls

% Medications

% Invasive procedures

% Other

81

Repair and plastic operations on joint structures

5,840

35.0

7.8

9.2

8.9

15.3

13.1

10.8

86

Incision of skin and subcutaneous tissue

5,542

27.9

10.9

14.2

12.7

19.0

6.6

8.6

80

Incision and excision of joint structures

4,904

31.2

5.2

7.8

11.7

27.3

9.1

7.8

13

Operations on lens

4,789

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

66.7

33.3

0.0

39

Other operations on vessels

4,654

16.6

15.2

12.7

10.4

17.1

20.3

7.8

79

Reduction of fracture and dislocation

3,020

19.9

15.4

5.0

11.9

14.4

18.4

14.9

83

Operations on muscle, fascia, and bursa, except hand

2,824

29.4

12.7

13.7

8.8

18.6

10.8

5.9

53

Repair of hernia

2,644

21.3

9.3

12.0

13.3

24.0

10.7

9.3

77

Incision, excision, and division of other bones

2,599

20.2

8.3

11.9

8.3

15.5

14.3

21.4

4

Operations on cranial and peripheral nerves

2,392

17.6

5.9

14.7

8.8

17.6

26.5

8.8

51

Operations on gallbladder and biliary tract

2,256

22.4

13.6

12.0

4.0

24.8

16.8

6.4

55

Operations on kidney

2,024

11.9

12.7

12.7

11.1

20.1

20.9

10.7

38

Incision, excision, and occlusion of vessels

1,963

20.6

8.6

11.5

8.2

18.5

21.4

11.1

68

Other incision and excision of uterus

1,873

19.0

13.0

7.0

4.0

18.0

24.0

15.0

44

Other operations on stomach

1,767

24.1

10.2

18.5

4.6

19.4

16.7

6.5

Overall for all surgical groups

87,119

20.8

11.3

12.5

8.5

19.2

17.8

9.9