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Table 3 Intra-and post-operative outcomes of patients with major surgery

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

 

No. of patients (n = 140)

Non-frail (n = 108)

Frail (n = 32)

p

Surgical approach (n, %)

   

0.150

Open + Converted

90 (64.3)

66 (61.1)

24 (75.0)

 

Laparoscopy

50 (35.7)

42 (38.9)

8 (25.0)

 

Procedure

   

0.020

Gastrectomy

35 (25.0)

22 (20.4)

13 (40.6)

 

Colectomy + AR

105 (75.0)

86 (79.6)

19 (59.4)

 

Operative Time (min)a

191.0 (158.0–247.3)

180.0 (153.0–247.3)

209.0 (166.0–252.5)

0.159

Blood Loss (ml)a

50.0 (40.0–100.0)

50.0 (30.0–100.0)

100.0 (50.0–100.0)

0.018

ICU admission (n, %)

6 (4.3)

3 (2.8)

3 (9.4)

0.132*

Morbidity (n, %)

55 (39.3)

30 (27.8)

25 (78.1)

< 0.001

Mortality (n, %)

2 (1.4)

1 (0.9)

1 (3.1)

0.406*

Readmission (n, %)

5 (3.6)

3 (2.8)

2 (6.3)

0.321*

Reoperation (n, %)

5 (3.6)

3 (2.8)

2 (6.3)

0.321*

LOS (day)a

10.0 (8.3–13.0)

10.0 (8.0–12.0)

11.0 (10.0–16.0)

0.032

PHS (day)a

7.0 (6.0–9.0)

7.0 (6.0–8.0)

9.0 (7.0–12.8)

0.001

  1. ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of hospital stay, PHS length of postoperative hospital stay, AR anterior resection
  2. aData showed as median (interquartile range 25–75%)
  3. *Fisher exact test