Table 3 Complications (n = 118)
Variables | Value |
|---|---|
Surgical | 69 (58.5) |
Wound healing | 33 (28.0) |
Wound infection | 21 (17.8) |
Hemorrhage | 17 (14.4) |
Partial necrosis | 13 (11.0) |
Orostoma | 11 (9.3) |
Venous thrombosis | 10 (8.5) |
Postoperative tracheotomy | 8 (6.8) |
Total necrosis | 8 (6.8) |
Arterial thrombosis | 5 (4.2) |
Surgical reintervention | 36 (30.5) |
Medical | 47 (39.8) |
Pneumonia | 30 (25.4) |
Metabolic | 8 (6.8) |
Neurological | 6 (5.1) |
Cardiovascular | 5 (4.2) |
Extra-pulmonary sepsis | 5 (4.2) |
Atrial fibrillation | 4 (3.4) |
Acute lung edema | 3 (2.5) |
Abdominal | 3 (2.5) |
Respiratory (pneumonia excluded) | 2 (1.7) |
Pulmonary embolism | 2 (1.7) |
Infectious | 47 (39.8) |
Any complication | 84 (71.2) |
Major complication | 39 (33.1) |
Prolonged ICU LOS | 55 (46.6) |
ICU readmission | 12 (10.2) |
Mortality | |
During hospitalization | 1 (0.9) |
1 year (n = 116) | 14 (12.1) |