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. 2020 Mar 17;9(4):309–317. doi: 10.1530/EC-20-0004

Table 2.

Severe morbidity of pheochromocytoma surgery.

Complications Development cohort number 262 (100%) Validation cohort number 128 (100%)
Severe morbidity 78 (29.8%) 43 (33.6%)
Clavien II 56 (21.4%) 39 (30.4%)
 Postoperative prolonged hypotension 29 (11.0%) 20 (16.0%)
 Blood transfusion 23 (8.8%) 15 (11.2%)
 Delirium 1 (0.4%) 2 (1.6%)
 Arrhythmia 2 (0.8%) 1 (0.8%)
 Pneumonia 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.8%)
Clavien III 4 (1.5%) 0 (0%)
 Hydrothorax (thoracocentesis) 3 (1.1%) 0 (0%)
 Hemorrhage (open laparotomy) 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%)
Clavien IV 14 (5.3%) 4 (3.2%)
 Myocardial infarction 4 (1.6%) 0 (0%)
 Respiratory function failure 6 (2.1%) 2 (1.6%)
 Pulmonary embolism/deep vein thrombosis 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.8%)
 Stroke 2 (0.8%) 1 (0.8%)
 Ventricular fibrillation/flutter 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%)
Clavien IV 4 (1.5%) 0 (0%)
 Mortality 4 (1.5%) 0 (0%)

Categorical variables were reported as the number (percentage).