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. 2014 Feb 15;23(Suppl 1):86–92. doi: 10.1007/s00586-014-3211-4

Table 6.

Complications in relation to risk factors

Risk factors/comorbidities Patients Intraop compl Vascular compl
Cardiac
 Coronary heart disease 6 2 3
 Valvular disease 0
 Low output 0
Vascular
 Hypertension 12 7 3
 Atherosclerosis 16 3 4
 Venous insufficiency 1 2 1
 Calcification on X-ray 17 8 4
Pulmonary
 Smoker 6 1 1
 Fibrosis 0
 COPD 8 4 4
 Asthma 3 2 1
Osteophytes 23 10 4
Previous abdominal surgery
 Bowel/abdominal 4 1 2
 Gynaecological 6 3 1
 Great vessels/retroperitoneal 0