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. 2017 Jul 30;2017:9852017. doi: 10.1155/2017/9852017

Table 2.

Postoperative complications of surgical patients.

Number of patients 19
Surgical procedures
 Need of reoperation (%) 19 (100%)
 Median number of reoperations 11 (1–41)
Type of surgical complications
 GI-perforation 11
 Anastomotic Leak 10
 Surgical site infection 6
 GI ischemia 5
 Bleeding 4
Infectious complications (%)
 Abdominal Sepsis 19 (100)
 Pulmonary Sepsis 13 (68)
Kidney failure (%)
 Acute renal failure 10 (52,6)
 Need of dialysis 7 (36,8)
Respiratory failure
 Need for mechanical ventilation (%) 17 (89)
 Median time of mechanical ventilation (hours) 835 (16–2594)
 Need of tracheostomy (%) 13 (68)

ICU: intensive care unit. GI: gastrointestinal.