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Table 3 Ear surgeries, follow up and tympanic membrane healing rate reported to the Swedish Quality Register for Ear Surgery (SwedEar) in 2017

From: Validation of the Swedish Quality Register for Ear Surgery – SwedEar

 

N (%)

Range

%

Missing

N

Adjusted completeness of cases

300/357 (84.0)

68.2–100

 

Response rate (registered follow-up)

224/300 (74.7)

66.7–100

 

Healing rate (in register, with follow-up)

206/224 (92.0)

70.6–100

 

Healing rate (in register, no registered follow-up)

62/73 (84.9)

66.7–90.0

3

Healing rate (not registered)

51/62 (82.3)

54.5–92.7

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  1. The number of ear surgeries identified in the surgical planning systems with a personal identity number (PIN) was 357 out of 371. In SwedEar, 300 procedures were registered. The adjusted completeness was calculated for patients with PINs. Range = the range of percentages for the five units. Missing = patients with no postoperative control > 4 weeks were excluded from the calculation of the healing rate