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. 2022 Dec 1;23(23):15063. doi: 10.3390/ijms232315063

Table 2.

Postoperative data. Values are the number (%) or mean ± SD, as indicated. Correlations are reported with Pearson’s (r). Significance is marked with (*) for p < 0.05 and (**) for p < 0.01.

All (n = 21) No Abdominal Complications (n = 12) Abdominal Complications (n = 9) Pearson’s r p-Value
Thirty-day mortality 4 (19) 1 (8.3) 3 (33.3) 0.32 0.164
Hospital stay (days) 44.5 ± 32.7 30.9 ± 15.6 62.7 ± 41.1 0.49 0.02 *
Intensive Care Unit stay (days) 26.1 ± 25.4 17.5 ± 16 37.7 ± 31.6 0.4 0.07
Reintervention 11 (52.4) 4 (33.3) 7 (77.8) 0.44 0.046 *
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    Re-thoracotomy

 6 (28.6) 3 (25) 3 (33.3) 0.16 0.502
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    Re-laparotomy

 4 (19) 0 4 (44.4) 0.62 0.003 **
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    Intestinal resection

 2 (9.5) 0 2 (22.2) −0.11 0.622
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    Wound complications

 3 (14.3) 2 (16.6) 1 (11.1) −0.04 0.863
Time to abdominal complications (days) 4.8 ± 1.3
Abdominal complications (total) 9 (42.9) 0 (0) 9 (100)
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    Paralytic ileus

 2 (9.5) 0 (0) 2 (22.2)
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    Abdominal compartment syndrome

 2 (9.5) 0 (0) 2 (22.2)
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    Visceral malperfusion

 5 (23.8) 0 (0) 5 (55.6)
Postop days to abd. complication (days) 1.9 ± 3.3 0 (0) 4.4 ± 3.9
Sepsis 7 (33.3) 2 (16.7) 5 (55.6) 0.41 0.066
Multi-organ dysfunction syndrome 4 (19) 1 (8.3) 3 (33.3) 0.32 0.164
Acute kidney injury 13 (61.9) 6 (50) 7 (77.8) 0.28 0.214
Liver failure 4 (19) 1 (8.3) 3 (33.3) 0.32 0.164
Acute respiratory distress syndrome 9 (42.9) 4 (33.3) 5 (55.6) 0.22 0.333
Need for catecholamines (days) 11 ± 10.8 6 ± 6.4 17.9 ± 12 0.56 0.013 *