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Table 4 Medium-late complications

From: Pelvic exenteration in gynecologic cancer: complications and oncological outcome

Readmission [n (%)]

15 (65)

Days after discharge [Mean ± SD (range)]

102.4 ± 136.2 (10–515)

Re- surgery [n (%)]

7 (30)

Transfusion [n (%)]

9 (39)

Circulatory event [n (%)]

 Thromboembolism

1 (4)

 Cardiovascular event

0 (0)

Urinary [n (%)]

 No

13 (57)

 Pyelonephritis

6 (26)

 Fistula

2 (9)

 Ureteral stricture

7 (30)

 Bricker failure and reconstruction

1 (4)

 Renal failure

4 (17)

Gastrointestinal [n (%)]

 No

15 (65)

 Paralytic ileus

5 (22)

 Small bowel fistula/perforation

4 (17)

 Eventration

1 (4)

Infectious [n (%)]

 No

13 (57)

 Abscess

4 (17)

 Wound infection

4 (17)

 Sepsis

6 (26)

Others [n (%)]

 Acute limb ischemia

1 (4)

 Coagulopathy

1 (4)

 Septic shock

1 (4)

 Abdominal cloaca (Both ureter and bowel fistula)

1 (4)

Clavien Dindo [Mean ± SD (range)]

Grade II

1.4 ± 1.4 (0–4)

Grade III

1.1 ± 1.5 (0–6)

Grade IV

0.8  ± 0.9 (0–3)

Patients with complications [n (%)]

Grade II

15 (65)

Grade III

11 (48)

Grade IV

3 (13)

Grade V

2 (9)