Table III.
Complication, No. | Early group (n = 5) | Delayed group (n = 10)a |
---|---|---|
Cardiac | 1 | 2 |
Cardiac arrest (not attributable to another complication) | 1 | 0 |
Unknown cardiac complication | 0 | 2 |
Pulmonary | 2 | 4 |
Respiratory failure requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation | 2 | 2 |
Unknown pulmonary complication | 0 | 2 |
Renal | 3 | 2 |
Acute renal failure | 3 | 1 |
Unknown renal complication | 0 | 1 |
GI: ischemic colitis | 1 | 0 |
Infectious | 3 | 3 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 |
Clostridium difficile | 1 | 0 |
Sepsis | 1 | 0 |
Unknown infectious complication | 0 | 2 |
Other | 2 | 3 |
Paraplegia | 1 | 0 |
Graft limb thrombosis requiring fem-fem bypass | 1 | 0 |
Hematoma requiring evacuation | 0 | 2 |
Multiorgan dysfunction | 0 | 1 |
GI, Gastrointestinal.
Five patients in the delayed group did not undergo repair and were not included in this table: one patient did not have complication data available for analysis; three patients had incomplete data available; and one patient died from exsanguination during surgery.