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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2019 Feb 19;153(2):368–375. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.02.002

Table 2.

Surgical performance and perioperative outcome of pelvic exenteration.

Characteristic
All
2001–2005
2006–2010
2011–2015
P-value
Number N = 2647 n = 716 n = 994 n = 937
Lymphadenectomy <0.001
 No 1463 (55.3%) 331 (46.2%) 552 (55.5%) 579 (61.9%)
 Yes 1184 (44.7%) 385 (53.8%) 442 (44.5%) 357 (38.1%)
Colostomy <0.001
 No 987 (37.3%) 290 (40.5%) 413 (41.5%) 285 (30.4%)
 Yes 1659 (62.7%) 426 (59.5%) 581 (58.5%) 652 (69.6%)
Urinary diversion <0.001
 No 707 (26.7%) 233 (32.5%) 271 (27.3%) 203 (21.7%)
 Yes 1940 (73.3%) 483 (67.5%) 723 (72.7%) 734 (78.3%)
Vaginal reconstruction 0.350
 No 2055 (77.7%) 561 (78.4%) 781 (78.7%) 713 (76.1%)
 Yes 591 (22.3%) 155 (21.6%) 212 (21.3%) 224 (23.9%)
Complication (any) <0.001
 0 845 (31.9%) 299 (41.8%) 351 (35.3%) 195 (20.8%)
 1 779 (29.4%) 206 (28.8%) 325 (32.7%) 248 (26.5%)
 2 426 (16.1%) 127 (17.7%) 111 (11.2%) 188 (20.1%)
 ≥3 597 (22.6%) 84 (11.7%) 207 (20.7%) 306 (32.7%)
Death **
 No 2598 (98.1%) 709 (99.0%) 967 (97.3%) 922 (98.4%)
 Yes 49 (1.9%) * 27 (2.7%) 15 (1.6%)
Length of stay (day)
 <28 2205 (83.3%) 626 (87.4%) 821 (82.6%) 758 (80.9%)
 ≥28 442 (16.7%) 90 (12.6%) 173 (17.4%) 179 (19.1%) 0.001
Total charge (crude) $119,274 (IQR 75,484–203,744) $81,732 (IQR 51,368–190,189) $120,581 (IQR78,118–290,591) $177,095 (IQR101,341–264,317) <0.001
Total charge (corrected) $146,366 (IQR 94,655–236,040) $121,854 (IQR 78,632–172,350) $146,332 (IQR 98,539–232,101) $185,100 (IQR 106,665–282,394) <0.001

Median (IQR) or number (percent per column) is shown. Kruskal-Wallis H test or chi-square test for P-values. Significant P-values are emboldened.

*

indicated number of ≤10, required to suppress per the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.

**

not assessed due to suppressed number.

converted to 2015 value based on medical inflation rate (Table S2).