Table 1.

Dindo-Clavien Scale for Wound Complications (adapted with permission* from Dindo et al. 2004 [24])

Grade I	Any deviation from the normal postoperative course without the need for pharmacologic treatment or surgical/endoscopic/radiological interventions. Includes wound infections opened at bedside. Allowed therapeautic regimens are: drugs as antiemetics, antipyretics, analgetics, diuretics, electrolytes., and physiotherapy.
Grade II	Requiring pharmacological treatment with drugs other than such allowed for grade I complications. Blood transfusions and TPN are included.
Grade III	Requiring surgical, endoscopic or radiologic intervention
IIIa	Not under general anesthesia
IIIb	Under general anesthesia
Grade IV	Life threatening complication requiring ICU management
IVa	Single organ dysfunction (including dialysis)
IVb	Multiorgan dysfunction