Table 2. Surgeries Performed within 30 Days Before Stroke/Index Date^*

* There were 17 (1.2%) controls that underwent a total of 17 surgical procedures in the 30-day period before the index date and 59 (4.1%) cases who underwent a total of 67 surgical procedures in the 30-day period before the stroke date.

† Five cases underwent multiple general surgeries in the 30 days before their stroke date (three patients underwent two general surgeries and two patients underwent three general surgeries).

‡ One case underwent both a vascular surgery and an orthopedic surgery in the 30 days before the stroke date.