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Table 3 Main post-operative complication

From: Factors associated with mortality risk for malignant colonic obstruction in elderly patients

Complication

Patient (n = 233)

%

Surgical

  

   Surgical site infection

23

9.9

   Anastomotic leak

3

1.3

   Intestinal obstruction

7

3.0

   Wound dehiscence

3

1.3

Medical

  

   Respiratory complications*

36

15.5

   Cardiac complications&

24

10.3

   Cerebrovascular complications

4

1.7

   Urinary tract complications

9

3.9

   Renal complications

23

9.9

   Thromboembolism

5

2.1

   Multiorgan failure

8

3.4

  1. *Respiratory complications include ARDS, pneumonia, suffocation.
  2. &Cardiac complications include cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, cardiac failure, pulmonary edema.