Regarding postoperative infectious complications, LH versus OH was associated with a lower incidence of overall infection, incisional SSI, organ/space SSI, and RI rates in the entire cohort (6.9, 1.8, 1.8, and 3.8% vs. 14.6, 6.3, 4.6, and 9.8%). Here, PLOD1 is linked to infection.