Table II.
Bivariate analysis of 30-day postoperative complications based on MF-6 score.
| Complication | Normal (MF-6 <3) |
MF-6 ≥3 |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Pneumonia | 58 | 0.66 | 4 | 0.86 | .608 |
| Superficial incisional SSI | 15 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.22 | .823 |
| Deep incisional SSI | 5 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | .999 |
| Organ/space SSI | 11 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.22 | .605 |
| Wound dehiscence | 3 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.22 | .111 |
| Reintubation | 28 | 0.32 | 2 | 0.43 | .682 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 15 | 0.17 | 2 | 0.43 | .219 |
| Ventilator >48 hours | 15 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.22 | .823 |
| Urinary tract infection | 64 | 0.73 | 14 | 3.02 | <.001 |
| Stroke | 12 | 0.14 | 0 | 0.00 | .999 |
| Cardiac arrest | 4 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.22 | .165 |
| Myocardial infarction | 29 | 0.33 | 2 | 0.43 | .717 |
| Blood transfusion | 199 | 2.27 | 34 | 7.33 | <.001 |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 25 | 0.29 | 2 | 0.43 | .574 |
| Sepsis | 8 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.22 | .418 |
| Septic shock | 9 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | .999 |
| Readmission | 276 | 3.15 | 32 | 6.90 | <.001 |
| Reoperation | 110 | 1.26 | 13 | 2.80 | .006 |
| Non-home discharge | 985 | 11.24 | 157 | 33.84 | <.001 |
| Mortality | 19 | 0.22 | 2 | 0.43 | .355 |
MF-6, Six-Item Modified Frailty Index; SSI, surgical site infection.
Bold P values indicate statistical significance with P < .05.