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Published in final edited form as: JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Dec 1;172(12):1191–1192. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.3030

Table.

In-Hospital Complications for Patients 120 Years and Younger Undergoing Elective MBS From 2005 to 2014

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.

a

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).