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. 2020 Jul 27;25(1):260–268. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04722-3

Table 3.

Comparisons of postoperative morbidity overall and excluding outpatient anorectal cases

Historical overall (n = 239) Historical minus OAR (n = 112) COVID (n = 13) P valuea P valueb
N % N % N %
Overall complication None 191 80% 66 59% 7 54% 0.037 0.772
Any 48 20% 46 41% 6 46%
Per CD classification 1 17 7% 16 14% 1 8%
2 17 7% 17 15% 2 15%
3 11 5% 10 9% 2 15%
4 3 1% 3 3% 1 8%
Total 48 20% 46 41% 6 46% 0.267c 0.263c
Per morbidity typed Ileus 22 24% 22 24% 2 18% 1.0 1.0
SSI 31 34% 30 33% 4 36% 1.0 0.726
UTI 4 4% 4 4% 0 0% 1.0 1.0
AKI 5 5% 5 6% 1 9% 1.0 1.0
Leak 9 10% 9 10% 1 9% 1.0 1.0
DVT/PE 2 2% 2 2% 2 18% 0.056 0.058
Otherse 19 21% 18 20% 1 9% 0.461 0.695

OAR outpatient anorectal cases, CD Clavien-Dindo, SSI surgical site infection, UTI urinary tract infection, AKI acute kidney injury, DVT/PE deep venous thrombosis/pulmonary embolism

aComparison between historical overall and COVID groups

bComparison between historical minus OAR and COVID groups

cP values across all Clavien-Dindo classes (1 to 4)

dThe sum of individual complications is greater than the total number of patients with complications since some individuals had more than one complication

eIncluding blood product transfusion, mesh infection, bacteremia, enterocutaneous fistula, pleural effusion, acute urinary retention, high ileostomy output, ostomy outlet obstruction, septic shock, medication-induced rash