Table 2.
Frequency of post-operative complications, with and without neoadjuvant chemotherapy
| Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy | No Neoadjuvant chemotherapy | P value | |||
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| Outcome variable | N = 2006 | % | N = 42527 | % | |
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| 30-day Mortality | 4 | 0.20 | 23 | 0.05 | 0.032 |
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| 30-day Morbidity | 112 | 5.6 | 2989 | 7.0 | 0.013 |
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| Overall wound complication | 60* | 3.4 | 1304* | 3.1 | 0.413 |
| Superficial infection | 37 | 1.8 | 851 | 2.0 | 0.624 |
| Dehiscence | 13 | 0.65 | 119 | 0.28 | 0.009 |
| Deep infection/abscess | 20 | 1.0 | 376 | 0.88 | 0.544 |
*
Some patients experienced more than one type of wound complication.