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Table 5 Overall rates of complications of 457 nephrectomies in 30-day follow-up

From: Nephrectomy improves the survival of metastatic renal cell cancer patients with moderate to good performance status—results from a Finnish nation-wide population-based study from 2005 to 2010

Clavien-Dindo grade

Type of complication

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Total

Surgical site infection

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

3 (0.7%)

5 (1.1%)

Gastrointestinal

3 (0.7%)

2 (0.4%)

9 (2.0%)

1 (0.2%)

2 (0.4%)

17 (3.7%)

Vascular/hemorrhage

5 (1.1%)

8 (1.8%)

2 (0.4%)

3 (0.7%)

18 (3.9%)

Non-surgical infection

1 (0.2%)

7 (1.5%)

4 (0.9%)

12 (2.6%)

Comorbidity/disease progression

1 (0.2%)

3 (0.7%)

3 (0.7%)

4 (0.9%)

4 (0.9%)

15 (3.3%)

Thromboembolic

3 (0.7%)

4 (0.9%)

2 (0.4%)

9 (2.0%)

Other

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

3 (0.7%)

Wound dehiscence/hernia

2 (1.0%)

1 (0.2%)

2 (0.4%)

5 (1.8%)

Total

12 (2.6%)

24 (5.3%)

28 (6.1%)

7 (1.5%)

13 (2.8%)

84 (18.4%)