Table 3.
Postoperative outcomes.
| Outcome | 1972–1992 (n = 761) | 1993–2014 (n = 346) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % or IQR | n | % or IQR | ||
| Postoperative morbidity | |||||
| Overall complications | 170 | 22.3 | 107 | 31.9 | 0.001 |
| Major surgical complications | 72 | 9.5 | 44 | 13.1 | 0.071 |
| Anastomotic leak | 29 | 3.8 | 21 | 6.3 | 0.084 |
| Other surgical/non-surgical complications | 98 | 12.9 | 63 | 18.8 | 0.012 |
| Missing data | 0 | 11 | |||
| Postoperative mortality | |||||
| 30-day mortality | 46 | 6.0 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.001 |
| In-hospital mortality | 52 | 6.8 | 11 | 3.2 | 0.017 |
| Missing data | 0 | 2 | |||
| Failure to rescue | |||||
| Overall complications | 52/170 * | 30.6 | 11/107 * | 10.3 | <0.001 |
| Major surgical complications | 15/72 * | 20.8 | 9/44 * | 20.5 | 1.000 |
| All other complications | 37/98 * | 37.8 | 2/63 * | 3.2 | <0.001 |
| Hospital stay (days) | 15 | 13–19 | 14 | 11–18 | <0.001 |
| Missing data | 3 | 3 | |||
* The denominator indicates the total number of patients with each respective complication. p values in bold type indicate statistical significance.