Table 3.

Summary of complications for trauma cases.

Complication	Overall N (%)	Survivors N (%)	Deceased N (%)	P value
Postoperative pulmonary compromise	1733 (30.7%)	1299 (27.9%)	434 (43.8%)	<0.0001***
Venous thrombosis/pulmonary embolism	627 (11.1%)	568 (12.2%)	59 (6.0%)	<0.0001***
Other complications of procedures	464 (8.2%)	411 (8.8%)	53 (5.4%)	0.0002**
Mechanical complications due to device or implant	356 (6.3%)	306 (6.6%)	50 (5.1%)	0.0588
Cellulitis or decubitus ulcer	329 (5.8%)	306 (6.6%)	23 (2.3%)	<0.0001***
Postprocedural hemorrhage or hematoma	312 (5.5%)	261 (5.6%)	51 (5.2%)	0.4951
Postoperative pneumonia	309 (5.5%)	244 (5.2%)	65 (6.6%)	0.1772
Reopening of surgical site	262 (4.6%)	218 (4.7%)	44 (4.4%)	0.6748
Wound infection	262 (4.6%)	242 (5.2%)	20 (2.0%)	<0.0001***
Miscellaneous complications	254 (4.5%)	228 (4.9%)	26 (2.6%)	0.0016*
Procedure-related perforations or lacerations	192 (3.4%)	155 (3.3%)	37 (3.7%)	0.7043
Postoperative infections not pneumonia/wound	187 (3.3%)	171 (3.7%)	16 (1.6%)	0.0010*
Postoperative GI hemorrhage or ulceration	84 (1.5%)	71 (1.5%)	13 (1.3%)	0.6494
Postoperative stroke	82 (1.5%)	67 (1.4%)	15 (1.5%)	1.000
Postoperative AMI	61 (1.1%)	39 (0.84%)	22 (2.2%)	0.0004**
Postoperative cardiac abnormality	47 (0.83%)	14 (0.30%)	33 (3.3%)	<0.0001***
Shock or cardiorespiratory arrest	26 (0.46%)	10 (0.21%)	16 (1.6%)	<0.0001***
Aspiration pneumonia	24 (0.42%)	20 (0.43%)	4 (0.40%)	1.000
Postoperative urinary tract complication	18 (0.32%)	14 (0.30%)	4 (0.40%)	0.8703
Postoperative physical and metabolic derangements	15 (0.27%)	11 (0.24%)	4 (0.40%)	0.5881
Central or peripheral nervous system	3 (0.05%)	2 (0.04%)	1 (0.10%)	1.000
Septicemia	2 (0.04%)	1 (0.02%)	1 (0.10%)	0.7956
Complications related to anesthetic agents/CNS agents	1 (0.02%)	1 (0.02%)	0 (0.00%)	1.000
TOTAL	5650†	4659	991

^†Patients can develop more than one complication.

Significant differences are indicated with *(P < 0.05), **(P < 0.001) or ***(P < 0.0001).