Table 5. Operative data and perioperative complications (N = 45).
| Parameter | Patients, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency surgery | 45 (100) | ||||
| Operative complexity (severity) | |||||
| Minor | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| Intermediate | 12 (26.7) | ||||
| Major | 33 (73.3) | ||||
| Number of operations within 30 days | |||||
| 1 | 44 (97.8) | ||||
| 2 | 1 (2.2) | ||||
| Perioperative complications | Mean ± SD; Median (IQR); (min–max) | Verification | |||
| Major | 20.7 ± 3.9; 20.0 (20.0–22.5); (13.0–27.0) | W = 389 p ≤ 0.001 |
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| Minor | 15.3 ± 4.6;13.0 (10.0–20.0); (10.0–20.0) | ||||
| Blood loss associated with surgery | |||||
| Major | 251.5 ± 143.3; 225.0 (150.0–350.0); (50.0–650.0) | KW: X2 = 16.041 p ≤ 0.001 |
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| Intermediate | 75.0 ± 50.0; 50.0 (50.0–62.5); (50.0–200.0) | ||||
| Peritoneal contamination | 17 (37.8) | ||||
| Bowel content | 14 (31.1) | ||||
| Local pus | 2 (4.4) | ||||
| Blood | 1 (2.2) | ||||
| Pus | 11 (24.4) | ||||
| Presence of malignancy | |||||
| None | 40 (88.9) | ||||
| Primary malignancy | 4 (8.9) | ||||
| Malignancy with distant metastasis | 1 (2.2) | ||||
| Major complications | |||||
| Overall | 18 (40.0) | ||||
| Age: 18–40 years (n = 28) | 8 (28.6) | ||||
| Age: 41–60 years (n = 13) | 6 (46.2) | ||||
| Age: > 60 years (n = 4) | 4 (100) | ||||
| Fecal peritoneal contamination | 8 (44.4) | ||||
| Overall mortality | 8 (17.8) | ||||
| 18–40 years (n = 28) | 2 (7.1) | ||||
| 41–60 years (n = 13) | 4 (30.8) | ||||
| > 60 years (n = 4) | 2 (50.0) (p = 0.027) | ||||
W: Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test; KW: Kruskal-Wallis test.