Table 5.
Postoperative complications.
| All patients N = 192 n (%) |
|
|---|---|
| Surgical site infection | |
| Superficial | 3 (1.6%) |
| Deep | 2 (1.0%) |
| Wound dehiscence | |
| Superficial | 5 (2.6%) |
| Deep | 2 (1.0%) |
| Pneumonia | 3 (1.6%) |
| UTI | 3 (1.6%) |
| Seizure | 3 (1.6%) |
| Nerve injury | 1 (0.5%) |
| Graft/prosthesis/flap failure | 1 (0.5%) |
| C. Diff | 2 (1.0%) |
| Systemic sepsis | 1 (0.5%) |
| One or more complicationa | 17 (8.9%) |
| Bleeding requiring transfusionb | 46 (24.0%) |
| Unplanned readmission | 24 (12.5%) |
| Related | 7 (3.6%) |
| Unrelated | 17 (8.9%) |
| Unplanned reoperation | 9 (4.7%) |
| Related | 8 (4.2%) |
| Unrelated | 1 (0.5%) |
| Still in hospital >30 days | 4 (2.1%) |
| Death | 2 (1.0%) |
aOne or more complication refers to the number of patients with one or more of the complications listed above. bBleeding requiring transfusion defined as intraoperative transfusion or transfusion given within the first 72 hours after surgery.