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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Gastrointest Surg. 2016 Oct 25;21(2):363–371. doi: 10.1007/s11605-016-3307-8

Table 2.

Unadjusted Post-operative Complications, Mortality and Resource Utilization

Benign (n, %) MBO (n, %) P Value
Complications
 Any Complication 571 (26.6) 38 (44.2) <0.001
 Major Complication 330 (15.4) 17 (19.8) 0.270
 Cardiac Arrest 21 (1.0) 1 (1.2) 0.865
 Myocardial Infarction 19 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 0.381
 Cardiac Arrhythmia 80 (3.7) 4 (4.7) 0.658
 Stroke 9 (0.4) 0 (0.0) 0.547
 Unplanned Intubation 64 (3.0) 5 (5.8) 0.137
 Pulmonary Embolus 18 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 0.394
 Acute Renal Failure 46 (2.1) 3 (3.5) 0.404
 Deep Vein Thrombosis 42 (2.0) 2 (2.3) 0.809
 Superficial SSI 106 (4.9) 10 (11.6) 0.006
 Deep SSI 32 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 0.254
 Organ Space SSI 53 (2.5) 2 (2.3) 0.933
 Pneumonia 98 (4.6) 9 (10.5) 0.012
 Urinary Tract Infection
 (Symptomatic)
31 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 0.262
 Urinary Tract Infection
 (Catheter Associated)
39 (1.8) 0 (0.0) 0.207
 Sepsis 92 (4.3) 4 (4.7) 0.870
 Severe Sepsis 86 (4.0) 5 (5.8) 0.406
Clostridium difficile 38 (1.8) 1 (1.2) 0.673
 CLABSI 7 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 0.673
 Anastomotic Leak 31 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 0.262
Mortality 105 (4.9) 19 (22.1) <0.001
Resource Utilization
 Intra-operative
 Transfusion
65 (3.0) 14 (16.3) <0.001
 Post-operative
 Transfusion
124 (5.8) 11 (12.8) 0.007
 Readmission 30 Days 271 (12.6) 16 (18.6) 0.104
 Reoperation 30 Days 180 (8.4) 10 (11.6) 0.290
 Extended LOS 466 (21.7) 31 (36.0) 0.002

Note: SSI, surgical site infection; CLABSI, central line-associated blood stream infection; LOS, length of stay