Challenges of Longevity: Safety of Vaginal and Laparoscopic Urogynecological Procedures in Septuagenarians and Older Patients

Table 5

Postoperative complications classified according to Clavien-Dindo.

	Minor complications			Major complications
Grade	I	II	(I + II)	IIIa	IIIb	(IIIa + IIIb)
Early compl.
Age < 70	27 (9.7%)	34 (12.2%)	61 (21.9%)	7 (2.5%)	7 (2.5%)	14 (5.0%)
Age ≥ 70	16 (12.4%)	47 (36.4%)	63 (48.8%)	5 (3.9%)	2 (1.6%)	7 (5.4%)
value	0.796	<0.001	<0.001	0.796	0.967	1
Late compl.
Age < 70	3 (1.1%)	12 (4.3%)	15 (5.4%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.1%)	7 (2.5%)
Age ≥ 70	1 (0.8%)	12 (9.3%)	13 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)
value	1	0.272	0.281	0.749	1	0.796

Early compl.: early complications from leaving the OR until 72 hrs after discharge from hospital; late compl.: late complications occurring from 72 hrs until 30 days after discharge from hospital.
Statistical test: = chi-squared test; = Fischer’s exact test.