Outcome of Colonic Surgery in Elderly Patients with Colon Cancer

Table 4

Complications.

	$<$75 years	%	$>$75 years	%	$P\text{-value}$
Total no. of complications	32	24%	32	43%	$P<.01$
Anastomotic leakage	7	5%	4	5%	NS
Fascia dehiscention	5	4%	2	3%	NS
Pneumoniae	5	4%	10	14%	$P<.05$
Intraabdominal abscesses	5	4%	0	0%	NS
Delerium	21	16%	28	38%	$P<.01$
Woun dinfection	1	1%	6	8%	$P<.05$
Ileus	6	5%	6	8%	NS
Minor complications	6	5%	10	14%	$P<.05$
In-hospital mortality	6	5%	12	16%	$P<.01$