Table 3.
Association between inflammation-related parameters and postoperative complications
| Classifi-cation | No. of complications | NLR | P value | PLR | P value | LMR | P value | PNI | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (124) /High (30) | Low (84)/ High (70) | Low (59) /High (95) | Low (32) /High (122) | ||||||
| Grade I |
2 postop bleed; conservative tx 3 urinary retention; catheterization 2 wound infection; opened at the bedside 2 non-infectious diarrhea; conservative tx |
3/6 | 0.001 | 2/7 | 0.097 | 5/4 | 0.457 | 4/5 | 0.042 |
| Grade II |
4 postop bleed; blood transfusion 1 urinary tract infection; antibiotic tx 4 ileus, total parenteral nutrition 2 pneumonia; antibiotic tx 1 diarrhea; antibiotic tx 1 tachyarrhythmia; β-receptor antagonists tx |
3/10 | < 0.001 | 6/7 | 0.525 | 5/8 | 1.000 | 6/7 | 0.046 |
| Grade I-II | 22 | 6/16 | < 0.001 | 8/14 | 0.064 | 10/12 | 0.457 | 10/12 | 0.005 |
| Grade IIIa | 2 stricture of the anastomosis; endoscopic dilatation | 0/2 | 0.037 | 0/2 | 0.205 | 2/0 | 0.145 | 1/1 | 0.373 |
| Grade IIIb | 1 strangulating intestinal obstruction; reintervention | 1/0 | 1.000 | 0/1 | 0.455 | 1/0 | 0.386 | 1/0 | 0.208 |
| Grade IVa | 1 anastomotic leak and postop bleed,; reintervention and intensive care unit | 1/0 | 1.000 | 1/0 | 1.000 | 1/0 | 0.386 | 0/1 | 1.000 |
| Grade III- IVa | 4 | 2/2 | 0.171 | 1/3 | 0.488 | 4/0 | 0.040 | 2/2 | 0.191 |
| Total | 26 | 8/18 | < 0.001 | 9/17 | 0.025 | 14/12 | 0.074 | 12/14 | < 0.001 |
NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; LMR lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio; PNI prognostic nutritional index; tx treatment