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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Gastrointest Surg. 2018 May 7;22(9):1603–1610. doi: 10.1007/s11605-018-3801-2

Table 2.

Unadjusted outcomes following colorectal resection in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) vs non-KTR.

Outcome KTR
(n = 2410)
Non-KTR
(n = 1,443,437)
P value
Mortality, % 11.1 4.3 <0.001
Any Complication, % 38.5 31.5 0.001
System specific complications,a %
  Wound 6.2 2.4 <0.001
  Infection 7.7 4.2 <0.001
  Pulmonary 8.0 5.3 0.008
  Cardiovascular 5.2 2.7 <0.001
  Thromboembolic 0.4 0.3 0.7
  Genitourinary 2.2 1.3 0.08
  Gastrointestinal 18.4 19.3 0.6
  Intraoperative 6.5 3.9 0.003
LOS, median days (IQR) 10 (6–20) 7 (5–11) <0.001
  At KT center 11 (7–24) 7 (5–12) <0.001
  At non-KT center 9 (6–18) 7 (5–11) <0.001
Cost, median $ (IQR) 23,056 (13,408–45,217) 14,139 (9,642–23,313) <0.001
  At KT center, median $ (IQR) 21,360 (13,475–50,380) 15,615 (10,613 – 26,152) <0.001
  At non-KT center, median $ (IQR) 23,899 (13,380–43,015) 13,964 (9,547 – 23,036) <0.001
a

see Appendix B for breakdown of complications by system