Table 5.
Adverse Events
| No Mesh Reinforcement (46) | Mesh Reinforcement (54) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adverse events | Complication Grade* | POF | No POF | POF | No POF |
| Cerebrovascular accident | 4a | 1 | |||
| Myocardial inarction | 4a | 1 | |||
| Atrial fibrillation | 2 | 2 | |||
| Pulmonary embolus | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Pleural effusion | 3a | 1 | |||
| Postoperative bleeding requring transfusion | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Postoperative bleeding requring reoperation | 3b | 1 | 1 | ||
| Urinary retention | 1 | 1 | |||
| Acute renal failure (not requring dialysis) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Urinary tract infection | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| New onset diabetes | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gastrointestinal bleed | 3a | 1 | |||
| Gastrointestinal anastomosis leak | 3b | 1 | 1 | ||
| Prolonged ileus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Other intraabdominal abscess | 3a | 2 | 1 | ||
| Anaphylactic reaction to medication | 2 | 1 | |||
| Pancreatitis | 2 | 1 | |||
| Vascular pseudoaneurysm | 3a | 2 | |||
| IV infiltration with skin necrosis | 2 | 1 | |||
| Wound infection | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Total | 20 | 8 | 10 | 11 | |
*
Clavien classification, Ann Surg 2004;240:205–13.