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. 2009 Mar;18(2):202–208. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.01036.x

Table 5.

Details of complications

Count
Complication Female Male Odds ratio (95% CI)
Overall 49 88 1.63 (1.02, 2.59)
Haemorrhage Wound 0 1
Deep 0 2
Wound dehiscence Superficial 0 3
Deep 0 0
Anastomotic leak Infection 4 9 1.07 (0.32, 3.55)
Wound 1 2 1.36 (0.83, 2.21)
Deep 5 6
PUO 18 32
Septicaemia 1 0
Chest 15 31
Urinary 7 8
System failure Renal 2 4 1.20 (0.29, 4.91)
Respiratory 3 3
Cardiac 3 3
Hypotension 4 0
Innominate 17 27 1.61 (0.83, 3.09)
Death 3 2 3.67 (0.60, 22.32)

CI, confidence interval; PUO, pyrexia of unknown origin.