Table 2.
Differences in postoperative complications between age groups
| 20–74 years (n = 227) |
75–91 years (n = 227) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with postoperative complications | 0.163 | ||
| 0 | 146 (64.3) | 131 (57.7) | |
| ≥ 1 | 81 (35.7) | 96 (42.3) | |
| Return to OR | 25 (11.5) | 15 (6.6) | 0.123 |
| Return to ICU | 11 (4.8) | 16 (7.0) | 0.424 |
| Reintubation | 4 (1.8) | 4 (1.8) | > 0.99 |
| Cardiovascular complications | 31 (13.7) | 37 (16.3) | 0.504 |
| Symptomatic arrhythmia | 27 (11.9) | 30 (13.2) | |
| Myocardial infarction | 5 (2.2) | 3 (1.3) | |
| Congestive heart failure | 1 (0.4) | 4 (1.8) | |
| Cardiac arrest (non-lethal) | 2 (0.9) | 1 (0.4) | |
| Stroke | 2 (0.9) | 0 | |
| Thrombosis | 0 | 1 (0.4) | |
| Infectious complications | 35 (15.4) | 30 (9.2) | 0.596 |
| Pneumonia | 28 (12.3) | 25 [11] | |
| Pleural empyema | 2 (0.9) | 1 (0.4) | |
| Surgical Site Infection | 6 (2.6) | 3 (1.3) | |
| Sepsis | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.9) | |
| Respiratory complications | 32 (14.1) | 34 (15.0) | 0.892 |
| Respiratory failure | 11 (4.8) | 9 (4.0) | |
| Persistant air leak (> 3 days) | 9 (4.0) | 15 (6.6) | |
| Pneumothorax or pleural effusion | 12 (5.3) | 9 (4.0) | |
| Bronchial stump insufficiency | 5 (2.2) | 1 (0.4) | |
| Other | 10 (4.4) | 17 (7.5) | 0.248 |
| Postoperatvie bleeding | 5 (2.2) | 5 (2.2) | |
| Acute kidney injury | 2 (0.9) | 5 (2.2) | |
| Postoperative delirium | 4 (1.8) | 7 (3.1) | |
Values are presented as absolute and relative frequencies. OR, operating room; ICU, intensive care unit.