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Table 4 Local and general morbidity following colon resection within the enhanced recovery program followed

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

  1. Note: some patients presented more than one symptom.