Table 3. Intra-operative complications.
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Intra-operative complications (no. of surgery=2948) | ||||||
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Primary cancer site |
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| Complication category | Total no. (% with complication) | Ovarya | Uterineb | Cervix | Vulvac | Benign |
| Intra-operative haemorrhage | 41 (28.7) | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | |
| Bladder injury | 22 (15.4) | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| GI tract injury—small bowel | 22 (15.4) | 16 | 4 | 2 | ||
| GI tract injury—large bowel | 11 (7.7) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Vascular injury | 13 (9.1) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Vaginal tear | 7 (4.9) | 5 | 2 | |||
| Cardiac | 6 (4.2) | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Diaphragmatic injury | 5 (3.5) | 5 | ||||
| Ureteric injury | 5 (3.5) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Splenic injury | 3 (2.1) | 3 | ||||
| Gall bladder injury | 1 (0.7) | 1 | ||||
| Liver laceration | 1 (0.7) | 1 | ||||
| Nerve injury | 1 (0.7 | 1 | ||||
| Respiratory | 1 (0.7) | 1 | ||||
| Uterine perforation | 1 (0.7) | 1 | ||||
| Anaphylaxis | 1 (0.7) | 1 | ||||
| Other | 2 (1.4) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total no. of intra-op complications (% of total surgery) | 143 (4.9%) | 79 (7.9%) | 30 (3.4%) | 10 (4.8%) | 2 (1.1%) | 22 (2.8%) |
| Total no. of surgeries | 2948 | 989 | 820 | 207 | 176 | 756 |
a
Includes primary ovarian, fallopian tube, primary peritoneal, synchronous, non-gynae primary cancers.
b
Includes primary endometrial cancer, carcinosarcoma and sarcoma of the uterus.
c
Includes primary vulval and vaginal cancers.