Skip to main content

Table 2 Highest grade of complication, as per Clavien-Dindo classification, and rate of readmission for both WI and EP groups

From: Retrospective observational study of patient outcomes with local wound infusion vs epidural analgesia after open hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery

 

WI n = 35

EP n = 75

P-value

Highest grade of complication n (%)

 I

27 (77.1)

51 (66.0)

0.325

 II

4 (11.4)

21 (28.0)

0.053

 IIIa

0

0

 

 IIIb

2 (5.7)

2 (2.7)

0.426

 IVa

0

0

 

 IVb

2 (5.7)

1 (1.3)

0.189

 V

0

0

 

Readmission within 2 weeks n (%)

1 (2.9)

6 (8.0)

0.303