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Table 2 Intra-and post-operative outcomes of all patients

From: Frailty index is useful for predicting postoperative morbidity in older patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery: a prospective cohort study

 

No. of patients (n = 246)

Non-frail (n = 199)

Frail (n = 47)

p

Surgical approach (n, %)

   

0.700

Open + converted

183 (74.4)

147 (73.9)

36 (76.6)

 

Laparoscopy

63 (25.6)

52 (26.1)

22 (23.4)

 

Surgical complexity (n, %)

   

0.085

Minora

106 (43.1)

91 (45.7)

15 (31.9)

 

Majorb

140 (56.9)

108 (54.3)

32 (68.1)

 

Operative time (min)c

147.5 (44.0–210.0)

137 (40.0–200.0)

170 (60.0–240.0)

0.105

Blood Loss (ml)c

30.0 (5.0–70.0)

30.0 (5.0–50.0)

50.0 (10.0–100.0)

0.034

ICU admission (n, %)

6 (2.4)

3 (1.5)

3 (6.4)

0.086d

Morbidity (n, %)

59 (24.0)

32 (16.1)

27 (57.4)

 < 0.001

Mortality (n, %)

2 (0.8)

1 (0.5)

1 (2.1)

0.346d

Readmission (n, %)

5 (2.0)

3 (1.5)

2 (4.3)

0.244d

Reoperation (n, %)

5 (2.0)

3 (1.5)

2 (4.3)

0.244d

LOS (day)c

8.0 (4.0–11.0)

8.0 (3.0–10.0)

10.0 (7.0–13.0)

0.017

PHS (day)c

6.0 (1.0–7.3)

6.0 (1.0–7.0)

7.0 (5.0–9.0)

0.003

  1. aHernioplasty and laparoscopic exploration biopsy
  2. bGastrectomy, colectomy, anterior resection (AR) for cancers in the stomach and colorectum
  3. cData showed as median (interquartile range 25–75%)
  4. dFisher exact test