Clinical Study
Safety of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in a Low-Volume Setting: Review of Early and Late Outcome
Table 4
Summary of morbidity and mortality rates following 75 laparoscopic large bowel or rectal resections.
| | Elective (%) | 66 () | | Mean age (years) (range) | 63 (24–89) | | Male/female ratio | 34/32 | | 30-day mortality (%) | 0 (0) | | 30-day morbidity (%) | 4 () | | Superficial wound infection | 2 | | Prolonged ileus | 1 | | Postoperative atrial fibrillation | 1 | | Emergency (%) | 9 () | | Mean age (years) (range) | 76 (47–90) | | Male/female ratio | 4/5 | | 30-day mortality (%) | 2 (22.2) | | 30-day morbidity (%) | 3 (33.3) | | Superficial wound infection | 1 | | Pleural effusion | 1 | | Urinary retention | 1 | | Delayed (>30 days) morbidity (%) | 2 (2.7) | | Pulmonary embolism | 1 | | Clinical rectovaginal fistula | 1 |
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