Table 1 Patient characteristics and costs
Patient characteristics | Total number of patients | Patients with major complications | Patients without major complications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 47 (100 %) | 13 (28 %) | 34 (72 %) | |
Age | 64.02 | 61.77 | 64.88 | P = 0.27 |
Sex (M/F) | 41/6 | 12/1 | 29/5 | P = 0.66 |
BMI | 26.09 | 27.10 | 25.71 | P = 0.15 |
P-POSSUM | 8.40 | 8.24 | 8.47 | P = 0.95 |
Co-morbidity | 37 (78.7 %) | 11 (84.6 %) | 26 (76.5 %) | P = 0.30 |
Complications | ||||
Pneumonia | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
Anastomotic leakage | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Postoperative hemorrhage | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Platzbauch | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Respiratory failure | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Decompensatio cordis | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Minor complications | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
Outcome | ||||
Re-interventions | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
In-hospital mortality | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Surgical ward stay | 9.12 | 11.30 | 8.29 | P = 0.06 |
Medium-care stay | 0.76 | 1.06 | 0.64 | P = 0.41 |
IC-stay | 1.52 | 1.78 | 1.41 | P = 0.36 |
Total hospital stay | 11.39 | 14.16 | 10.33 | P = 0.04 |
TPV-requirement | 1 (2.1 %) | 1 (7.7 %) | 0 (0 %) | P = 0.28 |
Number of readmittances to hospital | 5 (10.6 %) | 0 (0 %) | 5 (14.4 %) | P = 0.30 |
Costs | ||||
Operation | 4062 | 4042 | P = 0.73 | |
Surgical ward | 5379 | 3944 | P = 0.15 | |
Medication | 638 | 319 | P = <0.01 | |
Diagnostic | 433 | 251 | P = 0.04 | |
Microbiology | 119 | 27 | P = 0.04 | |
Total cost | 16,369 | 12,409 | P = 0.02 | |