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. 2019 Jan 4;9:1830. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01830

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