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. 2021 Apr 22;74(2):259–268. doi: 10.5173/ceju.2021.0374

Table 3.

Postoperative features of 1943 patients undergoing elective urological procedures in 28 different Italian centres between the 24th of February 2020 and the 30th of March 2020

Postoperative features
Postoperative complications, n. (%) 166 (8.5%)
Surgical complications, n. (%)
 Clavien 1 surgical complications, n.
 Clavien 2 surgical complications, n.
 Clavien 3 surgical complications, n.
 Clavien 4 surgical complications, n.
 Clavien 5 surgical complications, n.
77 (3.9%)
26
32
18
0
1
Medical complications, n. (%)
 Fever, n.
 UTI, n.
 Laboratory confirmed COVID-19 infections
 Acute renal failure, n.
 Respiratory complications, n.
 Vascular complications, n.
 Gastrointestinal disorders, n.
 Cardiologic complications, n.
 Metabolic disorders
 Delirium, n.
89 (4.6%)
26
12
10
9
8
7
6
6
3
2
Length of stay (days), median (IQR) 3 (1-5)
Follow-up
Rehospitalization, n (%) 28 (1.4%)
Time to rehospitalization (days), median (IQR) 11 (IQR 6–19)
Fever in the 30 days following discharge, n (%) 101 (5.2%)
Respiratory symptoms in the 30 days following discharge, n (%) 60 (3.1%)
Confirmed contact with people presenting respiratory symptoms 68 (3.5%)
Confirmed contact with people infected with COVID-19 21 (1.1%)
Nasopharyngeal swab in the 30 days following discharge, n (%)
 Not performed
 Negative
 Positive

1888 (97.2%)
49 (2.5%)
6 (0.3%)
Overall mortality, n (%) 13 (0.7%)

n – number; UTI – urinary tract infection; IQR – interquartile range