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Table 3 Comparisons of incidences of bleeding-related wound problems in patients with and without increased surgical drain output

From: Risk factors for predicting increased surgical drain output in patients after anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion

Complications

Patients with increased surgical drain output

P

Yes (n = 36)

No (n = 181)

Dressing reinforcement, n (%)

0 (0)

0(0)

1.000

Oozing, n (%)

4(11.1)

8(4.4)

0.109

Subcutaneous hematoma, n (%)

0 (0)

0(0)

1.000

Ecchymosis, n (%)

7(19.4)

22(12.2)

0.240

Infection, n (%)

0 (0)

0(0)

1.000