Table 2 Postoperative in-hospital complications (n = 273)
Category: n (%) | Complication type | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Wound: n = 28 (10.3) | Wound infection | 19 (7.0) |
Wound dehiscence | 9 (3.3) | |
Gastrointestinal: n = 25 (9.2) | Postoperative ileus | 20 (7.3) |
Anastomotic bowel leak | 3 (1.1) | |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 2 (0.7) | |
Infectious: n = 19 (7.0) | Urinary tract infection | 13 (4.8) |
Postoperative sepsis | 2 (0.7) | |
Peritonitis | 4 (1.5) | |
Cardiac: n = 11 (4.0) | Congestive heart failure | 6 (2.2) |
Myocardial infarction | 4 (1.5) | |
Arrhythmia | 1 (0.3) | |
Thromboembolic: n = 7 (2.6) | Deep venous thrombosis | 3 (1.1) |
Pulmonary embolism | 4 (1.5) | |
Pulmonary: n = 6 (2.1) | Postoperative pneumonia | 6 (2.1) |
Genitourinary: n = 4 (1.5) | Postoperative acute renal failure | 3 (1.1) |
Urinary leak | 1 (0.3) | |
Bleeding: n = 4 (1.5) | Postoperative bleed (not gastrointestinal) | 3 (1.1) |
Disseminated intravascular coagulation | 1 (0.3) | |
Miscellaneous: n = 3 (1.1) | Lymphocele | 3 (1.1) |
Neurological: n = 2 (0.7) | Ischemic stroke | 1 (0.3) |
Peripheral neuropathy | 1 (0.3) | |
Surgical: n = 2 (0.7) | Bowel perforation | 2 (0.7) |
Any complication: n = 79 (28.9) |