Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 21.
Published in final edited form as: ISRN Minim Invasive Surg. 2012;2012:942364. doi: 10.5402/2012/942364

Table 2.

Procedure complications. Complication rates per procedure broken down into their respective anatomical locations.

Location Number of procedures Grades 1 and 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Number of complications ≥ grade 3
Liver 80 27 4 3 1 8
Lung 21 7 1 1
Soft tissue
Retroperitoneal 2
Superficial 2
Intraperitoneal 2
Bone 5

Total* 111 34 5 3 1 9

Total (%) 31% 5% 3% 1% 8%
*

Percentage was calculated by using the total number of procedures as the denominator, with overlapped procedures accounted for. Actual procedure number was 111.