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Table 3 Crude complication rates of primary and secondary outcomes by type of bowel preparation

From: Impact of bowel preparation on elective colectomies for diverticulitis: analysis of the NSQIP database

 

Type of bowel preparation

 

Overall

NP

MBP alone

ABP alone

MBP + ABP

P value

 

N = 16,380

%

(N = 2524)

(%)

(N = 4715)

(%)

(N = 739)

(%)

(N = 8402)

(%)

SSI

1400

8.55

298

11.81

458

9.71

62

8.39

582

6.93

 < 0.0001

Anastomotic leak*

441

2.74

111

4.55

139

2.98

19

2.61

172

2.08

 < 0.0001

30-day mortality

34

0.21

10

0.40

12

0.25

2

0.27

10

0.12

0.030

Wound dehiscence

101

0.62

25

0.99

38

0.81

4

0.54

34

0.40

0.002

Infectious complication

316

1.93

60

2.38

87

1.85

25

3.38

144

1.71

0.004

Pulmonary complication

131

0.80

30

1.19

40

0.85

4

0.54

57

0.68

0.068

Cardiac complication

56

0.34

12

0.48

14

0.30

1

0.14

29

0.35

0.470

Ileus

1200

7.33

231

9.15

378

8.02

45

6.09

546

6.50

 < 0.0001

LOS ≥ 4 days

9794

59.79

1599

63.35

3067

65.05

421

56.97

4707

56.02

 < 0.0001

Reoperation

590

3.60

119

4.71

200

4.24

25

3.38

246

2.93

 < 0.0001

Readmission

1216

7.42

227

8.99

376

7.97

37

5.01

576

6.86

 < 0.0001

  1. Bold values are significant results with two-side P-values <0.05
  2. Complications were defined as follows: pulmonary complications included pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, and reintubation; infectious complications included wound infection, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and sepsis; cardiac complications included myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest, SSI was defined as superficial incisional, deep incisional, or organ space infections
  3. *Include patients underwent anastomosis only
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