Table 4.
Timing and Grade of Complication* | Type of Postsurgical Complication |
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Noninfectious Wound Separation or Skin Breakdown |
Hemorrhage or Bleeding |
Skin Infection |
Lower Extremity Edema |
Edema in Trunk and/or Genitalia |
Soft Tissue Necrosis |
Seroma |
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
Early (within 30 days of surgery) | ||||||||||||||
Grade 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.5† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grade 3 | 2 | 9.1 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 |
Grade 1 or 2 | 3 | 13.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27.3 | 2 | 9.1 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 4.5 |
Delayed (more than 30 days after surgery) | ||||||||||||||
Grade 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grade 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.6 |
Grade 1 or 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.1 | 5 | 22.7 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All complications were graded by using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 3.
This grade 4 hemorrhage was noted on postoperative day 2 and required operative intervention but was no further issue.