Table 2.

Postoperative outcomes for gastrointestinal surgery in NSQIP (2005–2015)

	Surgery for GI Cancer (n = 111,563)	Surgery for Benign GI Disease (n = 152,838)	p
LOS Mean	8.3	7.4	<0.001
LOS Median	6 (IQR = 4–9)	5 (IQR = 4–8)
Death	1,934 (1.7%)	1,607 (1.1%)	<0.001
Morbidity
Any Complication	30,637 (27.4%)	35,423 (23.2%)	<0.001
Superficial SSI	7,342 (6.6%)	9,821 (6.4%)	0.109
Deep SSI	1,497 (1.3%)	2,173 (1.4%)	0.083
Organ Space SSI	5,919 (5.3%)	7,624 (5.0%)	<0.001
Would Disruption	1,253 (1.1%)	1,758 (1.2%)	0.517
Pneumonia	3,222 (2.9%)	3,297 (2.2%)	<0.001
Reintubation	2,814 (2.5%)	2,527 (1.7%)	<0.001
Pulmonary Embolism	925 (0.8%)	913 (0.6%)	<0.001
Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation (> 48 hours)	2,514 (2.3%)	2,834 (1.9%)	<0.001
Progressive Renal Failure	893 (0.8%)	934 (0.6%)	<0.001
Acute Renal Failure	766 (0.7%)	694 (0.5%)	<0.001
Urinary Tract Infection	3,609 (3.2%)	4,544 (3.0%)	<0.001
Cerebrovascular accident	367 (0.3%)	285 (0.2%)	<0.001
Cardiac arrest	762 (0.7%)	638 (0.4%)	<0.001
Myocardial infarction	833 (0.8%)	623 (0.4%)	<0.001
Bleeding w/transfusion	10,505 (9.4%)	8,716 (5.7%)	<0.001
Deep vein thrombosis	1,629 (1.5%)	1,928 (1.3%)	<0.001
Sepsis	5,010 (4.5%)	6,715 (4.4%)	0.230
Septic Shock	2,301 (2.1%)	2,401 (1.6%)	<0.001
Total # Complications, Mean	0.47	0.39	<0.001
Total # of Complications, Median	0 (IQR = 0 – 1)	0 (IQR = 0 – 0)
Any readmission	6,631 (5.9 %)	9,098 (6.0%)	0.924
Observed: Expected Mortality Correlation	0.22	0.33	<0.001
Observed: Expected Morbidity Correlation	0.28	0.29	<0.001