From: Enhanced recovery in colorectal surgery: a multicentre study
Total (n = 300) | Number | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Surgical complications | 71 | 23.7 |
Wound infection | 36 | 12 |
Paralytic ileus | 30 | 10 |
Anastomosis leakage | 13 | 4.3 |
Perioperative haemorrhage | 5 | 1.7 |
Evisceration | 3 | 1 |
Perforation | 0 | 0 |
Other surgical complications | 10 | 3.3 |
Septic complications | 33 | 11 |
Abdominal abscess | 13 | 4.3 |
Urine infection | 11 | 3.7 |
Respiratory infection | 11 | 3.7 |
Peritonitis | 7 | 2.3 |
Sepsis | 3 | 1 |
Catheter sepsis | 2 | 0.7 |
Necrotising fascitis | 0 | 0 |
Other septic complications | 3 | 1 |
Medical complications | 29 | 9.7 |
Respiratory distress | 8 | 2.7 |
Respiratory failure | 8 | 2.7 |
Cardiac complication | 5 | 1.7 |
Pulmonary oedema | 3 | 1 |
Acute urine retention | 3 | 1 |
Pulmonary embolism | 1 | 0.3 |
Myocardial infarction | 0 | 0 |
Cerebrovascular accident | 0 | 0 |
Venous thrombosis | 0 | 0 |
Other medical complications | 10 | 3.3 |
All complications | 89 | 29.7 |
Mortality | 3 | 1 |