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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Aug 20;60(9):1609–1615. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04109.x
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Cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic
Ventral Hernia
Repair
Open
Ventral
Hernia
Repair
Laparoscopic
Paraesophageal
Hernia Repair
Ileostomy/
Colostomy
Laparoscopic
Partial
Colectomy
Open
Partial
Colectomy
Low
Anterior
Resection
Total
Procto-
colectomy
Open
Small
Bowel
Resection
Other
Number of
Procedure
3 10 7 3 5 6 10 28 13 3 3 11
No
Complication
1/3 5/10 3/7 2/3 4/5 3/6 2/10 9/28 1/13 1/3 1/3 6/11
Wound
Infection
2/3 1/7 1/6 3/10 4/28 7/13 3/11
Acute Renal
Failure
2/10 1/6 1/28 1/13
Altered
Mental
Status
2/10 5/28 3/13 1/3 1/11
Pressure
Ulcer
1/10 1/7 1/3 1/3
DVT/PE 1/7 1/10 2/28 2/3
Post-op
Ileus
1/7 1/6 2/10 12/28 1/13 1/11
Pneumonia 1/10 1/6 2/28
Arrhythmia 1/5 1/6 2/10 4/28 3/13 1/3
MI 1/13
UTI 1/10 1/3 3/10 3/28 3/13 1/3 2/11
Post-
operative
Bleeding
1/13
Urinary
Retention
1/10 1/7 2/10 2/28 3/13 1/3
Take back to
the OR
1/7 3/28
Respiratory
Failure
1/6 4/28 1/11
Abscess 1/10 4/28 1/13 1/11
(Suspected
or actual)
Anastomotic
Leak
1/10 1/28
Bowel
Obstruction
2/28 1/11
Sepsis 2/28 1/13
Other 2/10 1/7 1/6 2/28 4/13 1/3 2/11
Death 1/6
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NB: The complications do not add up to the denominator secondary to patients’ having multiple complications.