Surgical Management Outcome of Intestinal Obstruction and Its Associated Factors at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018

Table 5

Types of postoperative complications documented from patients who had unfavorable surgical management outcomes of IO (N = 38) at UGCSH, Ethiopia.

Postoperative complication	Category	Frequency	%
Hematoma or serosa	Yes	1	2.7
	No	37	97.3
Superficial incisional SSI	Yes	4	10.5
	No	34	89.5
Deep incisional SSI	Yes	5	13.0
	No	33	87.0
Anastomotic leak (organ SSI)	Yes	5	13.0
	No	33	87.0
Facial dehiscence	Yes	6	15.7
	No	32	84.3
Pneumonia	Yes	9	23.6
	No	29	76.4
Septic shock	Yes	8	21.0
	No	30	79.0
Hypokalemia	Yes	1	2.7
	No	37	97.3
Respiratory failure	Yes	4	10.5
	No	34	89.5
Sudden cardiac arrest	Yes	1	2.7
	No	37	97.3
Hypnotic encephalopathy	Yes	1	2.7
	No	37	97.3
Postoperative death occurred	Yes	10	26.3
	No	28	73.7