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Table 2 Surgical outcomes a

From: Surgical results of pelvic exenteration in the treatment of gynecologic cancer

 

Overall

APE

PPE

TPE

NTE

P-value

Number of patients

28

7

7

14

14

Mean operating time (min)

269

310

232

367

271

0.023

Blood transfusion required, n (%)

22 (78.6%)

5 (71.4%)

4 (57.1%)

13 (92.8%)

9 (64.3%)

0.082

Mean blood transfusion (units)

2.2

3.1

0.8

2.6

1.9

0.456

Mean stay ICU (days)

3.2

2.1

2.1

4.3

2.1

0.138

Mean total hospital stay (days)

9.3

6.3

8.7

11.1

7.5

0.129

Surgical site infection, n (%)

7 (25%)

1 (14.3%)

0

6 (42.8%)

1 (7.1%)

0.038

Need for reoperation, n (%)

7 (25%)

2 (28.6%)

0

5 (35.7%)

2 (14.2%)

0.192

Perioperative mortality, n (%)

4 (14.3%)

1 (14.3%)

0

3 (21.4%)

1 (7.1%)

0.297

  1. aAPE, Anterior pelvic exenteration; NTE, Nontotal exenteration; PPE, Posterior pelvic exenteration; TPE, Total pelvic exenteration. P-value is for comparison between TPE and NTE, and P < 0.05 was set as the level of significance.