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Table 3 Details of postoperative complications (CD ≥2)

From: Short-term outcomes after laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery in patients over 90 years old: a Japanese multicenter study

 

All cases (n = 87) (%)

OP (n = 22) (%)

LCR (n = 65) (%)

P-value

Postoperative complications

35 (40.2)

11 (50.0)

24 (36.9)

0.320

Infectious complications

22 (25.3)

10 (45.5)

12 (18.5)

0.021

 Urinary tract infection

6 (6.9)

3 (13.6)

3 (4.6)

 

 Pneumonia

6 (6.9)

4 (18.1)

2 (3.1)

 

 Surgical site infection

5 (5.7)

2 (9.1)

3 (4.6)

 

 Anastomotic leakage

2 (2.3)

1 (4.5)

1 (1.5)

 

 Pseudomembranous colitis

2 (2.3)

0 (0)

2 (3.1)

 

 MRSA colitis

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

1 (1.5)

 

Non-infectious complications

13 (14.9)

1 (4.5)

12 (18.5)

0.170

 Ileus

9 (10.3)

0 (0)

9 (13.8)

 

 Arrhythmia

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

1 (1.5)

 

 Delirium

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

1 (1.5)

 

 Pneumothorax

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

1 (1.5)

 

 Stomal prolapse

1 (1.1)

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

 
  1. Differences in categorical variables were compared using Fisher’s exact test or the chi-squared test, as appropriate. CD, Clavien–Dindo; OP, open surgery; LCR, laparoscopic colorectal resection; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus