Table 5.
Complications in 909 adults who underwent surgery for spinal deformity.
|
Parameter |
Not Transfused (N = 532) |
Transfused (N = 377) |
P
Value |
||
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
||
| Sepsis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.8 | .11 |
| Wound infection | 17 | 3.2 | 23 | 6.1 | .67 |
| Seroma | 12 | 2.3 | 17 | 4.5 | .63 |
| Respiratory failure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Delirium | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.8 | .40 |
| Postoperative atrial fibrillation | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | .23 |
| STEMI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | .09 |
| DVT | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 1.3 | .16 |
| PE | 1 | 0.2 | 7 | 2.0 | .06 |
| Postoperative pneumonia | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | 1.1 | .54 |
| Stroke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | .36 |
| Ileus | 1 | 0.2 | 10 | 2.7 | .02 |
| Urinary retention | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.1 | .81 |
| Epidural hematoma | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.3 | .90 |
| Mortality | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.8 | .40 |
Abbreviations: STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism.