Wherever you decide to have your surgery, you should inquire about the rate of infection in their facility. Our infection rate for 2016 was 0.1%. Listed below is our infection summary over the last 10 years:

• 2018 0.21%
• 2017 0.09%
• 2016 0.1%
• 2015 0.008%
• 2014 0.05%
• 2013 0.13%
• 2012 0.015%
• 2011 0.05%
• 2010 0.001%
• 2009 0.001%
• 2008 0.4%
• 2007 0.2%
• 2006 0.3%

These percentages have been and remain astoundingly low compared with an estimated national average of 2.6 % per year.