Table 3.
Details of postoperative complications by age groups.
| Complications | Patients Aged 50–69 Years n = 49 (46.2%) |
Patients Aged ≥70 Years n = 57 (53.8%) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clavien–Dindo grade III–IV | 3 (2.8) | 9 (8.5) | 0.117 | |
| Comprehensive complication index | Median | 8.7 | 0 | 0.697 |
| IQR | 20.9 | 8.7 | ||
| Complications/patient ≥ 1 | 25 (23.5) | 22 (20.7) | 0.199 | |
| Anastomotic leakage | 1 (0.9) | 5 (4.7) | 0.213 | |
| Other infectious complications | Pelvic abscess | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 0.462 |
| Intra-abdominal abscess | 2 (1.9) | 4 (3.8) | 0.684 | |
| Urinary infection | 1 (0.9) | 2 (1.9) | 1.000 | |
| Wound infection | 4 (3.8) | 6 (5.7) | 0.749 | |
| Non-infectious complications | Ileus | 7 (6.6) | 11 (10.3) | 0.476 |
| Pulmonary failure/pleuresia | 2 (1.9) | 1 (0.9) | 0.594 | |
| Intra-abdominal bleeding | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 0.430 | |
| Cardiac complications | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.9) | 1.000 |
IQR: interquartile range.