Research Article
Quality of Life Study following Cytoreductive Surgery and Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei including Redo Procedures
Table 4
Complications in patients following cytoreductive surgery.
| Complications | 1 CRS/HIPEC
| >1 CRS/HIPEC
| P value |
| Infection | 28 (44) | 3 (18) | 0.045 | Sepsis | 10 (16) | 1 (6) | 0.3 | Bleeding | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 0.6 | Pneumonia | 4 (6) | 0 | 0.3 | Pleural effusion | 29 (46) | 6 (35) | 0.4 | Pneumothorax | 15 (24) | 0 | 0.026 | Pulmonary embolus | 2 (3) | 0 | 0.46 | Cardiac | 3 (5) | 2 (12) | 0.3 | Fistula | 7 (11) | 2 (12) | 0.9 | Small bowel obstruction | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 0.6 | Ileus | 8 (13) | 0 | 0.12 | Pancreatic leak | 5 (8) | 0 | 0.2 | Chemotherapy leak | 5 (8) | 1 (6) | 0.8 | Perforated viscus | 2 (3) | 0 | 0.5 | Collection | 25 (40) | 4 (24) | 0.22 | Return to OT | 5 (8) | 1 (6) | 0.8 |
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