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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Oct 14;218(1):109.e1–109.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.09.026

Table 3.

Complications and Adverse Events by Age (Laparoscopy n=1630)

Variable < 50
n = 172
% (n)		 50–59
n = 492
% (n)		 60–69
n = 492
% (n)		 70–79
n = 368
% (n)		 ≥ 80
n = 106
% (n)		 Test
statistic*
Intraoperative complications (any) 8.7 (15) 9.3 (46) 9.6 (47) 8.7 (32) 11.3 (12) 0.942
Postoperative adverse events (grade ≥ 2)
 any 15.7 (27) 11 (54) 14.8 (73) 16.3 (60) 19.8 (21) 0.072
Perioperative and postoperative period
 treatment-related deaths 0 (0) 0.6 (3) 0.4 (2) 1.4 (5) 0 (0) 0.247
 hospital stay > 2 days 43.6 (75) 42.1 (207) 53.5 (263) 57.6 (212) 68.9 (73) < 0.001
*

Variables were compared between the patient subgroups by the Pearson chi-square