Table 2.

30-day postoperative complication rates in the study cohort categorized by age group

Type of complication	Overall (n=119)	Age ≥80 (n=31)	Age <80 (n=88)	p
Urinary tract infection	20 (17%)	8 (26%)	12 (14%)	0.16
Wound complications*	13 (12%)	3 (10%)	10 (11%)	1
Ileus	9 (8%)	2 (6%)	7 (8%)	1
GI leak	6 (5%)	2 (6%)	4 (5%)	0.65
Entero-vesical fistula	1 (1%)	0	1 (1%)	1
Blood transfusions	6 (5%)	2 (6%)	4 (5%)	0.65
Cardiac	6 (5%)	2 (6%)	4 (5%)	0.65
Urinary leakage	5 (4%)	0	5 (6%)	0.32
Significant electrolytes imbalance	5 (4%)	2 (6%)	3 (3%)	0.6
Unexplained hemodynamic instability	4 (3%)	2 (6%)	2 (2%)	0.27
Abscess**	3 (3%)	2 (6%)	1 (1%)	0.16
Pulmonary	3 (3%)	1 (3%)	1 (1%)	0.45
Lymphocele	2 (2%)	1 (3%)	1 (1%)	0.45
Neurological	2 (2%)	0	2 (2%)	1
High output GI stoma	1 (1%)	0	1 (1%)	1
CDI	1 (1%)	0	1 (1%)	1
Thromboembolic event	1 (1%)	0	1 (1%)	1

^*Surgical site infections, dehiscence, and perioperative ventral hernia.

^**Renal and/or abdominal.

CDI: Clostridium difficile infection; GI: gastrointestinal.