Table 4.
Postoperative systemic complications
| Complications | Routine | Emergency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opium addicts | Non-addicts | Opium addicts | Non-addicts | |||||
| N = 28 | % | N = 25 | % | N = 43 | % | N = 25 | % | |
| Systemic complications | 9* | 32.1 | 3 | 12.0 | 17** | 39.5 | 7 | 28.0 |
| Opiate withdrawal syndrome | 8 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 25.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Acute renal failure | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cerebrovascular accidents | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Septicemia | 4 | 14.3 | 2 | 8.0 | 14 | 32.6 | 7 | 28.0 |
| Shock | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 20.9 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Death | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 20.9 | 4 | 16.0 |
*p < 0.05; **p > 0.2