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. 2021 Aug 21;304(5):1259–1269. doi: 10.1007/s00404-021-06192-7

Table 2.

Intra- and postoperative complications

Intra- and postoperative complications (n = 3351)
Intraoperative complications Total (%)
Yes 188 (5.6%)
No 3163 (94.4%)
Type of complication
 Conversion to laparotomy 92 (2.7%)
 Due to complication 62 (1.9%)
 Due to dignity 30 (0.9%)
 Organ injury 75 (2.2%)
 Intestine 35 (1.0%)
 Bladder 29 (0.9%)
 Ureter 3 (0.1%)
 Vessel 1 (0.02%)
 Others 7 (0.2%)
 Blood transfusion 17 (0.5%)
 Resuscitation 2 (0.1%)
 Skin emphysema 1 (0.02%)
 Bleeding 1 (0.02%)
Postoperative complications
 Yes 219 (6.5%)
 No 3132 (93.5%)
Type of complication
 CD IIIb 90 (2.7%)
 CD II 65 (1.9%)
 CD I 27 (0.8%)
 CD IVa 24 (0.7%)
 CD IIIa 11 (0.3%)
 CD V 3 (0.1%)
 CD IVb 0 (0.0%)
Clinical manifestation of postoperative complications
 Bleeding/hematoma-revision 41 (1.2%)
 Infection/antibiotics/hematoma/abscess 28 (0.8%)
 Anemia requiring transfusion 26 (0.8%)
 Pain/adhesions 23 (0.7%)
 Intestinal injury/peritonitis/anastomosis insufficiency/fistula-operative therapy 18 (0.5%)
 Cardiopulmonal/thrombosis/embolism 13 (0.4%)
 Vaginal cuff dehiscence-operative therapy 12 (0.4%)
 Others 12 (0.4%)
 Abscess-operative therapy 8 (0.2%)
 Ileus-conservative therapy 7 (0.2%)
 Ileus-operative therapy 5 (0.1%)
 Nerve lesion/paresthesia 5 (0.1%)
 Bladder injury/ureter injury/vesicovaginal fistula-operative therapy 4 (0.1%)
 Wound healing disorder-operative therapy 4 (0.1%)
 Vaginal cuff dehiscence-conservative therapy 3 (0.1%)
 Multiorgan disfunction/death 3 (0.1%)
 Trocar site hernia/infection 2 (0.1%)
 Wound healing disorder-conservative therapy 2 (0.1%)
 Compartment syndrome/ limb ischemia 2 (0.1%)
 Lymphocele 1 (0.02%)

CD Clavien Dindo (n = 3351)