Table.
Year | Complications, No. (%)a |
---|---|
2005 | 124 (8.8) |
2006 | 101 (7.9) |
2007 | 106 (9.6) |
2008 | 105 (7.8) |
2009 | 84 (5.7) |
2010 | 75 (5.9) |
2011 | 62 (4.7) |
2012 | 75 (4.8) |
2013 | 40 (2.4) |
2014 | 35 (2.0) |
All | 807 (5.7) |
Abbreviation: MBS, metabolic and bariatric surgery.
P < .001 for the overall yearly trends. Complications were identified using codes from International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, including reoperation (54.12, 54.61, and 54.92), splenic injury (41.2, 41.43, and 41.5), hemorrhage (998.1, 998.11, 998.12, 99.04, and 99.09), anastomotic leak (998.6 and 54.91), wound disruption (998.13, 998.3, 998.30-998.33, and 998.83), infection (998.5, 998.51, 998.59 567.0, 567.1, 567.2, 567.21, 567.22, 567.29, 567.3, 567.31, 567.38, 567.39, and 56.79), small bowel obstruction (560.0-560.3, 560.30-560.32, 560.39, 560.8, 560.81, 560.89, and 560.9), accidental puncture (998.2), conversion to open procedure (V64.4 and V64.41), other (998.4, 998.7, 998.8, 998.89, and 998.9), pulmonary (997.3, 997.31, 997.39, 481, 482.0-3, 482.30-482.32, 482.39, 482.4, 480.40-480.42, 480.49, 480.8, 480.81-480.84, 480.89, 480.9, 485, 486, 518.81, 31.1, and 31.29), cardiac (997.1, 410, and 427), neurologic (997.0, 997.00-02, and 997.09), genitourinary (584.5-9, 599.0, 997.5, and 38.95), deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism (415.1, 415.11-415.13, 415.19, 453.2, 453.4, 453.40-453.42, 453.82, 453.84-453.87, 453.89 and 45.9), and shock/sepsis (998.0 and 995.91-995.94).