Table 6.
Additional information about readmissions
| Indications for readmission | |||
| Study, year | Indications for readmission in 90-day FU | Indications for readmission in 1-year FU % (n) | Indications for readmission in 4.2 years (3.5–5.3) mean (IQR) FU |
| Garg, 2016 [40] | GI:** 36.1% (35) | ||
| Dietary:* 29.9% (29) | |||
| VTE: 9.28% (9) | |||
| Bleed: 8.25% (8) | |||
| Pulmonary: 5.15% (5) | |||
| SSI/wound/abscess: 5.15% (5) | |||
| Anastomotic leak: 4.12% (4) | |||
| Other: 2.06% (2) | |||
| Gero, 2019 [41] | Abdominal pain of unknown origin | Abdominal pain of unknown origin | |
| Dysphagia | Symptomatic cholecytolithiasis | ||
| Internal herniation/bowel obstruction | Internal herniation/bowel obstruction | ||
| Gribsholt, 2016 [32] | Abdominal pain 62.8% | ||
| Intestinal obstruction 21.7% | |||
| Kellogg, 2009 [26] | Nausea/vomiting | ||
| Dehydration | |||
| Abdominal pain (without cholelithiasis) | |||
| Wound issues | |||
| Number of readmissions | |||
| Study, year | Number of readmissions | Readmission 2 year % (n) | |
| Telem, 2014 [29] | 1 | 19% (2363) | |
| 2 or 3 | 8% (995) | ||
| 4 or more | 2% (249) | ||
*Vitamin deficiency, dehydration, elektrolyte imbalance
**Ulcers, strictures, and bowel obstruction
GI gastro-intestinal, VTE venous thromboembolism, SSI surgical site infection