Impact of Missing Data on Identifying Risk Factors for Postoperative Complications in Hand Surgery

The mismanagement of missing data in large clinical databases may lead to inaccurate findings. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effects of missing data on hand surgery research findings using an analysis of postoperative morbidity in patients undergoing hospital-based hand surgery.The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was queried for patients undergoing common hand and upper extremity surgery between 2011 and...