Table 2. Postoperative outcome: complications, events and intensive care unit/hospital stay.
Data are represented as mean ± SD or number (%). Other infections than of surgery site concern: pulmonary, line-related, and other abdominal infection (like urologic infections). Cardiovascular complications concern: acute myocardial infarction, acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary edema, or arrhythmia.
| Postoperative outcome | ||
|---|---|---|
| Postoperative complications (N) | 69 | |
| Infection of surgery site | 16 (19.5) | |
| Other infections | 13 (15.8) | |
| Cardiovascular complications | 12 (14.6) | |
| Coagulopathy | 11 (13.4) | |
| Upper digestive hemorrhage | 7 (8.5) | |
| Leakage of anastomosis | 10 (12.2) | |
| Morbidity (event per patient) | 1.35 ± 2.0 | |
| Mortality | 2.0 (2.4) | |
| Length of stay | ||
| Postoperative mechanical ventilation | 4 (4.9) | |
| Intensive care unit (days) | 2.0 ± 6.5 | |
| Hospital (days) | 15.6 ± 16.1 | |