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Table 3 Severity of surgical complication

From: Emergency management with resection versus proximal stoma or stent treatment and planned resection in malignant left-sided colon obstruction

 

Acute

Staged resection

p value

Resection

Stoma

Stent

n = 57 (%)

n = 23 (%)

n = 20(%)

Number of complication

20 (35)

8 (35)a

6 (30)

0.207b

 Clavien-Dindo grade

  I

    

  II

5

1

3

 

  IIIa + b

8

7

2

 

  IVa + b

0

0

1

 

  V

7

0

0

 
  1. aThree complications were related to the first operation, stoma creation
  2. bAnalysis of complications with Pearson chi-square test and linear-by-linear association. Values in parentheses are percentage unless otherwise indicated