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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2008 Aug 9;19(12):1603–1609. doi: 10.1007/s00192-008-0696-6

Table 3.

Adverse events during the first postoperative year classified by event type or organ system affected; unless otherwise indicated, each event represents a single patient

During initial
hospitalization
After initial hospital
discharge and before 3
month follow-up visit
Between 3
month and 12
month follow-
up visit
Urogenital 5 69 (68 patients) 58
Pulmonary 11b 2 0
GI 14 5c 2
Skin/wound 2 9 (7 patients) 1
Infection 5 4 0
Cardiovasculara 6 1 4 (3 patients)
Neurologic 2 1 4
Neoplasm 3 1 1
Endocrine and allergy 0 4 0
Musculoskeletal 0 1 7
Death 0 0 1
Other (hyponatremia) 1 0 0
a

Includes emergency room visits for chest pain, regardless of eventual attribution

b

Includes one patient who developed pulmonary edema requiring intubation and ventilation

c

Includes one patient who developed new-onset rectal prolapse after colpocleisis and underwent subsequent surgical repair