Table 3.

Maternal postpartum complications in twin pregnancies according to mode of delivery.

	All (n = 817)	Vaginal delivery (n = 131)	Elective cesarean (n = 251)	Emergency cesarean (n = 435)
At least one complication	56 (6.9)	7 (5.3)	10 (4.0)	39 (9.0)
Hemorrhage requiring blood transfusion	24 (2.9)	2 (1.5)	6 (2.4)	16 (3.7)
Infectious complication	20 (2.4)	2 (1.5)	2 (0.8)	16 (3.7)
Endometritis	11 (1.3)	-	2 (0.8)	9 (2.1)
Surgical wound infection	8 (1.0)	1 (0.8)	-	7 (1.6)
Clinical infection	4 (0.5)	1 (0.8)	-	3 (0.7)
Need for reoperation	13 (1.6)	2 (1.5)	1 (0.4)	10 (2.3)
Admission to intensive care unit	9 (1.1)	-	3 (1.2)	6 (1.4)
Surgical injury	6 (0.7)	2 (1.5)	1 (0.4)	3 (0.7)
Clinical complication	6 (0.7)	-	-	6 (1.4)
Non-elective hysterectomy	4 (0.5)	-	1 (0.4)	3 (0.7)
Thromboembolic event	4 (0.5)	-	-	4 (0.9)
Maternal death	1 (0.1)	-	-	1 (0.2)

Values in parenthesis are expressed as percentages.