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Published in final edited form as: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Mar 4;37(9):895–904. doi: 10.1111/apt.12272

Table 3.

Post-operative complications following urgent intestinal surgery for ulcerative colitis

Parameter	Weekend Hospitalization (n = 372) %	Weekday hospitalization (n = 1,388) %	p-value
Post-operative mortality	7	6	0.64
Any post-operative complication	56	42	0.03
Specific complications
Infectious	30	20	0.04
Mechanical wound	12	2	0.0001
Urinary	3	1	0.14
Gastrointestinal	16	12	0.23
Pulmonary	24	13	0.04
Cardiovascular	10	6	0.24
Surgical complication	5	8	0.48
Repeat laparotomy	6	1	0.008
Length of stay (mean)	9.5 days	11.4 days	0.12
Hospitalization charges (mean)	$ 69,612	$ 89,920	0.06