Table 2.

List of complications in patients (n = 56) following surgery

Overall	13 (23.2%)
Minor complications (CD – I and II)
Superficial skin infection	1 (1.8%)
Post-operative pyrexia	1 (1.8%)
Major complications (CD – III, IV and V)
Pulmonary embolism (PE)	4 (7.1%)
Wound re-explorations	4 (7.1%)
Escalation to intensive care due to ARDS secondary to COVID-19	3 (5.4%)
Mortality	2 (3.6%)

CD Clavien-Dindo classification for complications

Two of the three patients who required escalation to intensive care due to COVID-19 died