Table 2 Surgical characteristics of the study patients
From: Predictors of major complications after elective abdominal surgery in cancer patients
Variable | Complications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | No | Yes | P | |
n = 308 | n = 202 (66%) | n = 106 (34%) | ||
Type of procedure | < 0.001 | |||
Colorectal surgery | 100 | 66 (66%) | 34 (34%) | |
Hysterectomy and/or anexectomy | 57 | 50 (88%) | 7 (12%) | |
Gastrectomy | 27 | 17 (63%) | 10 (37%) | |
Liver resection | 25 | 17 (68%) | 8 (32%) | |
Pancreatic surgery | 22 | 11 (50%) | 11 (50%) | |
Exploratory laparotomy | 22 | 16 (73%) | 6 (27%) | |
Bowel resection | 13 | 10 (76.9%) | 3 (23.1%) | |
Esophagectomy | 11 | 0 (0%) | 11 (100%) | |
Colon reconstruction | 11 | 9 (81.8%) | 2 (18.2%) | |
Cystectomy | 9 | 2 (22.2%) | 7 (77.8%) | |
Peritonectomy | 5 | 0 (0%) | 5 (100%) | |
Biliary-enteric anastomosis | 3 | 2 (66.7%) | 1 (33.3%) | |
Cytoreduction | 3 | 2 (66.7%) | 1 (33.3%) | |