Table 3.
Categories and type of 90-day complications
| Category/type | Rate, weighted average (%-range) | Number of patients with data available (sum of references) | References |
| Gastrointestinal | 29.0% (6.7–42.7) | 6188 | 16 21 22 26 27 30 48 49 54 59 61 69 |
| Ileus | 16.5% (3.8–33.7) | 5073 | 12 14 21 22 30 31 42 48 49 54 61 64 65 69 |
| Small bowel obstruction | 4.6% (1.7–9.0) | 3193 | 14 21 26 31 48 49 54 61 64 65 |
| Constipation | 3.3% (0.5–11.4) | 2491 | 12 14 22 48 49 61 |
| Clostridium difficile colitis | 2.3% (0.7–3.8) | 2574 | 21 49 61 64 69 |
| Diarrhoea | 1.7% (0.6–5.6) | 2392 | 12 22 48 49 54 61 |
| Anastomotic bowel leak | 1.1% (0.3–1.9) | 3254 | 12 21 22 26 61 69 |
| Gastrointestinal bleeding | 1.0% (0.3–1.3) | 2757 | 12 21 22 61 69 |
| Infectious | 26.4% (10.9–46.2) | 5270 | 14 16 21 22 26 27 30 48 49 54 61 69 |
| UTI/pyelonephritis | 14.1% (1.1–29.7) | 4297 | 12 21 22 26 42 48 49 54 61 64 65 69 |
| Sepsis | 4.2% (1.5–8.5) | 3812 | 21 22 26 42 48 49 54 61 65 69 |
| Fever of unknown origin | 3.1% (0.6–4.8) | 2966 | 12 21 22 49 61 69 |
| Pelvic/intra-abdominal abscess | 2.4% (0.1–4.3) | 2836 | 21 22 48 61 65 69 |
| Genitourinary | 16.0% (6.0–23.5) | 5697 | 17 21 22 27 30 54 59 61 69 |
| Ureter stenosis | 3.2% (1.7–7.0) | 2539 | 12 21 22 26 48 61 65 |
| Ureter leakage | 3.1% (0.4–5.3) | 4282 | 12 14 21 22 26 48 49 61 64 65 69 |
| Wound | 13.1% (5.6–27.0) | 6424 | 12 16 17 21 22 26 27 30 48 59 64 69 |
| Dehiscence | 4.0% (1.3–4.9) | 2722 | 26 31 49 61 69 |
| Fascial dehiscence | 1.6% (0.4–3.5) | 2139 | 12 21 54 61 65 |
| Infection | 10.5% (2.4–19.3) | 3827 | 14 21 26 31 42 49 54 61 69 |
| Cardiac | 6.1% (0.6–16.9) | 5366 | 12 16 17 21 30 48 49 59 61 64 69 |
| Myocardial infarction | 1.1% (0.2–3.5) | 4170 | 12 14 21 26 48 49 54 61 65 69 |
| Arrhythmia | 4.2% (0.2–14.4) | 2923 | 12 21 48 49 61 69 |
| Bleeding | 3.5% (0.5–17.8) | 2814 | 16 30 61 64 69 |
| Haematoma | 0.9% (0.7–1.2) | 1096 | 12 14 65 |
| Transfusion | 23.2% (8.1–45.3) | 2606 | 12 14 31 48 54 61 64 |
| Respiratory | 5.0% (1.3–11.5) | 6845 | 12 14 16 17 21 27 30 48 49 54 59 61 69 |
| Pneumonia | 2.8% (0.6–5.9) | 3639 | 12 21 26 31 42 48 54 61 69 |
| Thromboembolic | 3.6% (0.2–8.1) | 4933 | 12 14 16 21 26 30 31 48 49 54 61 65 69 |
| Neurological | 2.8% (0.6–7.7) | 4557 | 12 16 17 21 27 48 49 54 61 69 |
| Renal failure | 2.3% (0.5–6.7) | 4070 | 12 14 21 22 48 49 61 65 69 |
| Other | |||
| Fistula | 1.1% (0.6–1.4) | 1560 | 12 21 26 48 49 64 65 |
| Lymphocele | 2.1% (1.3–4.7) | 3381 | 12 14 21 26 48 49 54 61 64 65 |
UTI, urinary tract infection.