Table 4.
30-day postoperative complications identified within the MIS and Open groups.
| MIS | Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complication | Frequency | Percent | Complication | Frequency | Percent |
| Pulmonary | Pulmonary | ||||
| Aspiration | 1 | 8.3 | Apnea | 1 | 2.9 |
| Hypoxemia | 1 | 8.3 | Pleural effusion | 1 | 2.9 |
| Pneumothorax | 1 | 8.3 | Pneumonitis | 1 | 2.9 |
| Cardiovascular | Pneumothorax | 3 | 8.8 | ||
| Decompensation | 1 | 8.3 | Pulmonary embolus | 2 | 5.9 |
| DVT | 1 | 8.3 | Cardiovascular | ||
| Infectious | DVT | 2 | 5.9 | ||
| Sepsis | 1 | 8.3 | MI | 1 | 2.9 |
| UTI | 2 | 17 | CVA | 2 | 5.9 |
| Unspecified | 3 | 25 | Infectious | ||
| Miscellaneous* | 1 | 8.3 | Abscess | 2 | 5.9 |
| Fever | 1 | 2.9 | |||
| UTI | 1 | 2.9 | |||
| Wound Infection | 5 | 15 | |||
| Catheter-related | 1 | 2.9 | |||
| Gastrointestinal | |||||
| Ileus | 1 | 2.9 | |||
| Pancreatic leak | 1 | 2.9 | |||
| Genitourinary | |||||
| Acute renal failure | 2 | 5.9 | |||
| Hematuria | 1 | 2.9 | |||
| Miscellaneous** | 6 | 18 | |||
*
Hypophosphatemia
**
Includes anemia, delirium, wound breakdown