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Table 1 Patient characteristics, with and without post-operative complications

From: Postoperative C-reactive protein kinetics predict postoperative complications in patients treated with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis

 

Total N of patients N = 94 (100%)

Without complications N = 28 (29.8%)

With complications N= 66 (70.2%)

Age (years)

 Mean

55.5

54

56.2

 Median

57

54

58

Gender

 Males

28 (29.8%)

8 (28.6%)

20 (30.3%)

 Females

66 (70.2%)

20 (71.5%)

46 (69.7%)

Primary cancer

 Colorectal

55 (58.5%)

16 (57.1%)

39 (59.1%)

 Ovarian

18 (19.2%)

7 (25%)

11 (16.7%)

 Pseudomyxoma

14 (14.9%)

3 (10.7%)

11 (16.7%)

 Gastric

5 (5.3%)

1 (3.6%)

4 (6%)

 Mesothelioma

2 (2.1%)

1 (3.6%)

1 (1.5%)

PCI

  < 6

39 (41.5%)

15 (53.6%)

24 (36.4%)

 7–12

19 (20.2%)

5 (17.9%)

14 (21.2%)

 13–16

7 (7.5%)

2 (7.1%)

5 (7.6%)

  > 17

25 (26.6%)

4 (14.3%)

21 (31.8%)

 Undetermined

4 (4.2%)

2 (7.1%)

2 (3%)

Surgical Intervention

 Colorectal resection

65 (69.1%)

17 (60.7%)

48 (72.7%)

 Enterostomy

35 (37.2%)

5 (17.9%)

29 (43.9%)

 Gastrectomy

10 (10.6%)

2 (7.1%)

8 (12.1%)

 Cholecystectomy

60 (63.8%)

15 (53.6%)

45 (68.2%)

 Appendectomy

23 (24.5%)

5 (17.9%)

18 (27.3%)

 Omentectomy

66 (70.2%)

20 (71.4%)

45 (68.2%)

 Peritonectomy

56 (59.6%)

14 (50%)

42 (63.6%)

 Splenectomy

27 (28.7%)

7 (25%)

20 (30.3%)

 Oophorectomy/ Hysterectomy

36 (38.3%)

13 (46.4%)

23 (34.9%)

 Lombo-aortic lymphadenectomy

15 (16%)

5 (18%)

10 (15.2%)

 Diaphragmatic resection

30 (32%)

7 (25%)

21 (31.8%)