Table 3.
Postoperative complications (N = 594)
| No complications, N (%) | 364 (61.3%) |
| Surgical complications, N (%) | |
| Anastomotic leakage1 | 27 (6.1%) |
| Re-operation | 23 (3.9%) |
| Intra-abdominal abscess | 34 (5.7%) |
| Ileus | 89 (15.0%) |
| Surgical site infection | 29 (4.9%) |
| Fascia dehiscence | 11 (1.9%) |
| High output stoma | 14 (2.4%) |
| Bleeding | 14 (2.4%) |
| General complications, N (%) | |
| Urinary tract infection | 20 (3.4%) |
| Bladder retention | 19 (3.2%) |
| Central line infection | 6 (1.0%) |
| Pneumonia | 40 (6.7%) |
| Thrombo-embolic events2 | 9 (1.5%) |
| Delirium | 10 (1.7%) |
| Readmissions to hospital | 35 (5.9%) |
| Mortality | 3 (0.5%) |
| Other3 | 18 (3.0%) |
1Only patients who had an anastomosis were considered for the percentage of anastomotic leakages
2Complications classified as thrombo-embolic events were pulmonary embolism (n = 5), deep venous thrombosis (n = 2), arterial thrombosis (n = 1) and cerebrovascular accident (n = 1)
3Complications classified as ‘other’ were pancreatic leakage (n = 5), hypertension (n = 3), electrolyte disturbances (n = 2), perioperative injury of the urinary tract (n = 2), abdominal compartment syndrome (n = 1), intestinal ischemia (n = 1), burn injury (n = 1), hearing loss (n = 1), atelectasis (n = 1) and airway obstruction (n = 1)