Table 2.
Rate of early (first 4 weeks) and late (>4 weeks) mechanical complications in the studied groups.
Complication | Urgent-start (n = 35) |
Planned-start (n = 94) |
p |
|||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Early | Late | Early | Late | Early | Late | |
Leakage | 4 (11%) | 5 (14%) | 0 | 7 (7%) | <0.001 | NS |
Bleeding | 3 (9%) | 0 | 1 (1%) | 0 | <0.05 | – |
Catheter migration | 3 (9%) | 1 (3%) | 3 (3%) | 15 (16%) | NS | 0.04 |
Catheter obstruction | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Hernia | 0 | 2 (6%) | 0 | 12 (13%) | – | NS |