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This resulted in 83 patients 60 inches or less in height, 1,084 between 60 and 72 inches, and 211 patients 72 inches and taller.\n <\/jats:p>\n \n Results:<\/jats:bold>\n No differences were observed among groups with respect to the development of a superficial surgical site infection (9.6% versus 6.4% versus 5.7%;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = .458), deep incisional infection (1.2% versus 1.4% versus 2.8%;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = .289), sepsis (2.4% versus 2.0% versus 2.8%;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = .751), unplanned reoperation (19.3% versus 15.6% versus 21.8%;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = .071), or unplanned hospital readmission (19.3% versus 14.8% versus 17.1%;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = .573). A significant difference was observed among groups in the development of a wound disruption (4.8% versus 1.3% versus 4.7%;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = .001). A multivariate regression analysis was performed of the wound disruption outcome with the variables of age, sex, race, ethnicity, height, weight, current smoker, and open wound\/wound infection. Race (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = .025) and weight (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = .003) were found to be independently associated with wound disruption, but height was not (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = .701).\n <\/jats:p>\n \n Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n The results of this investigation demonstrate no significant differences in short-term adverse outcomes after lower-extremity bypass surgery based on patient height.\n <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7547\/21-258","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,9]],"date-time":"2022-08-09T11:22:24Z","timestamp":1660044144000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Effect of Height on Adverse Short-Term Outcomes After Lower-Extremity Bypass Surgery in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"114","author":[{"given":"Kushkaran","family":"Kaur","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Temple University Hospital Podiatric Surgical Residency Program, Philadelphia, PA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rhonda S.","family":"Cornell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Foot Care Center, Havertown, PA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lawrence","family":"Oresanya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Vascular Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew J.","family":"Meyr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Podiatric Surgery, Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia, PA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","reference":[{"key":"B1","series-title":"Diabetes Metab Res Rev","first-page":"218","article-title":"Diagnosis and treatment of peripheral arterial disease in diabetic patients with a foot ulcer: a progress report of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot","volume":"28","author":"Schaper NC","year":"2012","unstructured":"Schaper NC, Andros G, Apelqvist J, et al: Diagnosis and treatment of peripheral arterial disease in diabetic patients with a foot ulcer: a progress report of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot. 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