Impact of Preoperative Anemia on Perioperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Elective Colorectal Surgery
Table 3
Postoperative complications between POA and non-POA patients.
POA group ()
Non-POA group ()
value
Surgically related complications
SSI†
19 (12%)
13 (8%)
0.15
Incisional SSI
19 (12%)
10 (6%)
0.04
Organ space SSI
4 (3%)
6 (3%)
0.75
Ileus
3 (2%)
6 (3%)
0.51
Small bowel obstruction
1 (1%)
0 (0%)
0.47
Anastomotic leakage
3 (2%)
5 (3%)
0.73
Bleeding
2 (1%)
3 (2%)
1.00
Stoma stenosis
2 (1%)
4 (2%)
0.69
Systemic complications
Pulmonary problem
4 (3%)
2 (1%)
0.43
Cardiac problem
1 (1%)
0 (0%)
0.47
Urinary problem
1 (1%)
3 (2%)
0.63
Neurologic problem
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
NA
Others
2 (1%)
1 (1%)
0.60
Reoperation
3 (2%)
7 (4%)
0.35
Postoperative death
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
NA
Number of complications¶
47 (31%)
32 (19%)
1
20 (13%)
26 (15%)
0.58
2
3 (2%)
4 (2%)
1.00
3 or more
3 (2%)
2 (1%)
0.67
Infectious complications
23 (15%)
20 (12%)
0.39
Postoperative hospitalization
8 (7–10)
9 (8–11)
0.14
†SSI: surgical site infection; ¶Number of complications, per patient with the number of complications after surgery; POA: preoperative anemia; NA: not available.
