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Table 2 Description of complications

From: Morbidity and mortality after liver surgery for colorectal liver metastases: a cohort study in a high-volume fast-track programme

 

Total

Grade 2

Grade 3a

Grade 3b

Grade 4a

Grade 4b

Grade 5

Infection, n (%)

95 (17%)

92 (97%)

1 (1%)

2 (2%)

Biliary, n (%)

25 (4%)

2 (8%)

19 (76%)

4 (16%)

Post-operative bleeding, n (%)

7 (1%)

4 (57%)

2 (29%)

1 (14%)

Cardio-pulmonary, n (%)

29 (5%)

14 (48%)

11 (38%)

-

4 (14%)

Liver insufficiency, n (%)

59 (10%)

57 (97%)

1 (2%)

-

-

1 (2%)

Anemia, n (%)

44 (8%)

44 (100%)

Gastrointestinal, n (%)

48 (9%)

48 (100%)

Wound, n (%)

58 (10%)

6 (10%)

16 (28%)

36 (62%)

Ascites, n (%)

11 (2%)

8 (73%)

2 (18%)

1 (9%)

 

Other surgical, n (%)

8 (1%)

1 (13%)

6 (75%)

1 (13%)

Other medical, n (%)

34 (6%)

30 (88%)

4 (12%)

  1. Description of complications by total and each grade in numbers and percent. N, number