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. 2018 Mar;10(3):1670–1676. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.147

Table 5. Comparison of postoperative morbidity and mortality rates between patients with different preexisting comorbidities [presented as N (%)].

Post-op major complications Cancer Old CVA Heart diseases Arrhythmia Lung disease Chronic kidney disease Liver/GI disease ASA classification
Y (n=10) N (n=45) P value Y (n=4) N (n=60) P value Y (n=2) N (n=92) P value Y (n=1) N (n=63) P value Y (n=5) N (n=59) P value Y (n=1) N (n=63) P value Y (n=19) N (n=45) P value II (n=17) III (n=46) IV (n=1) P value
Dysrhythmia 0 (0%) 9 (16.7%) 0.164 1 (25%) 8 (13.3%) 0.516 1 (50%) 8 (12.9%) 0.137 1 (100%) 8 (12.7%) 0.013 2 (40%) 7 (11.9%) 0.082 1 (100%) 8 (12.7%) 0.013 4 (21.1%) 5 (11.1%) 0.296 2 (11.8%) 7 (15.2%) 0 (0%) 0.938
Lung complication 1 (10%) 11 (20.4%) 0.44 2 (50%) 10 (16.7%) 0.098 1 (50%) 11 (17.7%) 0.25 1 (100%) 11 (17.5%) 0.036 1 (20%) 11 (18.6%) 0.941 1 (100%) 11 (17.5%) 0.036 5 (26.3%) 7 (15.6%) 0.314 4 (23.5%) 8 (17.4%) 0 (0%) 0.819
AKI 0 (0%) 3 (5.6%) 0.445 1 (25%) 2 (3.3%) 0.047 1 (50%) 2 (3.2%) 0.002 0 (0%) 3 (4.8%) 0.823 1 (20%) 2 (3.4%) 0.092 1 (100%) 2 (3.2%) <0.01 0 (0%) 3 (6.7%) 0.249 1 (5.9%) 2 (4.3%) 0 (0%) 0.978
Second surgical intervention 3 (30%) 13 (24.1%) 0.691 2 (50%) 14 (23.3%) 0.233 2 (100%) 14 (22.6%) 0.013 1 (100%) 15 (23.8%) 0.081 2 (40%) 14 (23.7%) 0.42 1 (100%) 15 (23.8%) 0.081 5 (26.3%) 11 (24.4%) 0.874 3 (17.6%) 12 (26.1%) 1 (100%) 0.296
30-day mortality 0 (0%) 2 (3.7%) 0.536 0 (0%) 2 (3.3%) 0.711 0 (0%) 2 (3.2%) 0.796 0 (0%) 2 (3.2%) 0.856 0 (0%) 2 (3.4%) 0.676 0 (0%) 2 (3.2%) 0.856 1 (5.3%) 1 (2.2%) 0.523 1 (5.9%) 1 (2.2%) 0 (0%) 0.869