Table 5.
Laboratory testing
| Bleeding complications (N = 35) | No bleeding complications (N = 160) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative prothrombin time (%) | 0.447 | |||
| Minimum | 58 | 66 | 58 | |
| Maximum | 128 | 120 | 128 | |
| Median | 95 | 91.5 | 96 | |
| Postoperative prothrombin time (%) | 0.029 | |||
| Minimum | 45 | 45 | 49 | |
| Maximum | 111 | 100 | 111 | |
| Median | 82 | 78 | 83 | |
| Prothrombin time POD 1 (%) | 0.483 | |||
| Minimum | 22 | 35 | 11 | |
| Maximum | 108 | 87 | 108 | |
| Median | 70.5 | 70 | 71 | |
| Prothrombin time POD 3 (%) | 0.345 | |||
| Minimum | 19 | 44 | 19 | |
| Maximum | 127 | 103 | 127 | |
| Median | 72 | 69 | 73 | |
| Prothrombin time POD 5 (%) | 0.223 | |||
| Minimum | 38 | 50 | 38 | |
| Maximum | 111 | 100 | 111 | |
| Median | 76 | 73 | 77 | |
| Preoperative activated partial thromboplastin time (sec) | 0.932 | |||
| Minimum | 23.2 | 25.5 | 23.2 | |
| Maximum | 70.5 | 58.4 | 70.5 | |
| Median | 33 | 32.7 | 33.1 | |
| Postoperative activated partial thromboplastin time (sec) | 0.102 | |||
| Minimum | 20.5 | 26.6 | 20.5 | |
| Maximum | 207.4 | 207.4 | 54.4 | |
| Median | 31 | 32.3 | 30.7 | |
| Activated partial thromboplastin time POD 1 (sec) | 0.105 | |||
| Minimum | 21.7 | 29.7 | 21.7 | |
| Maximum | 121.5 | 121.5 | 78.1 | |
| Median | 37.7 | 39.5 | 37.6 | |
| Activated partial thromboplastin time POD 3 (sec) | 0.007 | |||
| Minimum | 21.2 | 31.5 | 21.2 | |
| Maximum | 164.7 | 164.7 | 85.2 | |
| Median | 38.9 | 42.3 | 38.35 | |
| Activated partial thromboplastin time POD 5 (sec) | 0.427 | |||
| Minimum | 21 | 28.6 | 21 | |
| Maximum | 246 | 66.9 | 246 | |
| Median | 34.4 | 36.7 | 34.1 | |
| Preoperative platelet count (/nl) | 0.867 | |||
| Minimum | 109 | 116 | 109 | |
| Maximum | 674 | 545 | 674 | |
| Median | 248 | 247 | 248 | |
| Postoperative platelet count (/nl) | 0.027 | |||
| Minimum | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
| Maximum | 629 | 448 | 629 | |
| Median | 203 | 175 | 210 | |
| Platelet count POD 1 (/nl) | 0.001 | |||
| Minimum | 51 | 51 | 62 | |
| Maximum | 516 | 369 | 516 | |
| Median | 190.5 | 141 | 200 | |
| Platelet count POD 3 (/nl) | 0.005 | |||
| Minimum | 30 | 30 | 64 | |
| Maximum | 687 | 385 | 687 | |
| Median | 185 | 133 | 197 | |
| Platelet count POD 5 (/nl) | 0.005 | |||
| Minimum | 26 | 26 | 67 | |
| Maximum | 907 | 608 | 907 | |
| Median | 252 | 164 | 262 | |
| Postoperative antithrombin 3 (%) | 0.876 | |||
| Minimum | 45 | 51 | 45 | |
| Maximum | 119 | 119 | 119 | |
| Median | 81 | 81 | 81 | |
| Antithrombin 3 POD 1 (%) | 0.965 | |||
| Minimum | 6 | 57 | 6 | |
| Maximum | 120 | 110 | 120 | |
| Median | 81 | 79 | 81 | |
| Postoperative fibrinogen (g/l) | 0.102 | |||
| Minimum | 1.72 | 1.72 | 1.86 | |
| Maximum | 6.42 | 6.02 | 6.42 | |
| Median | 3.56 | 3.16 | 3.66 | |
| Preoperative CA 19.9 (kU/l) | 0.692 | |||
| Minimum | 1.7 | 2 | 1.7 | |
| Maximum | 6582 | 6582 | 5711 | |
| Median | 132.5 | 13.4 | 146 | |
| Preoperative CEA (µg/l) | 0.673 | |||
| Minimum | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.7 | |
| Maximum | 78.7 | 22.5 | 78.7 | |
| Median | 3.2 | 5.8 | 3.15 |