Table 2.
Perioperative morbidity, mortality and resource utilization in patients undergoing radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer stratified by age.
| <50 years | 50–59 years | 60–69 years | >70 years | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | P-value | |
| 5551 | (67.7) | 1418 | (17.3) | 768 | (9.4) | 462 | (5.6) | ||
| Any complication | 1229 | (22.1) | 350 | (24.7) | 241 | (31.4) | 161 | (34.9) | <0.0001 |
| Intraoperative complications | 265 | (4.8) | 74 | (5.2) | 51 | (6.6) | 42 | (9.1) | 0.003 |
| Surgical site complications | 604 | (10.9) | 156 | (11.0) | 113 | (14.7) | 81 | (17.5) | <0.0001 |
| Medical complications | 549 | (9.9) | 184 | (13.0) | 130 | (16.9) | 90 | (19.5) | <0.0001 |
| Utilization Transfusion | 611 | (11.0) | 191 | (13.5) | 137 | (17.8) | 107 | (23.2) | <0.0001 |
| Length of stay ≥ 4 days | 3300 | (59.5) | 911 | (64.3) | 534 | (69.5) | 370 | (80.1) | <0.0001 |
| Non-routine discharge | 25 | (0.5) | 17 | (1.2) | 18 | (2.3) | 57 | (12.3) | <0.0001 |
| Death | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | <0.0001 |
*
Cell count <10 and suppressed.