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Table 5 Postoperative complications grade 3/4

From: Oxaliplatin-based versus irinotecan-based hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with peritoneal metastasis from appendiceal and colorectal cancer: a retrospective analysis

 

Overall

OX

IRI

p-value

Number of patients [n]

32

20

12

 

Pleural effusion

2 (6.3%)

2 (10.0%)

0

0.516

Pneumonia

1 (3.1%)

0

1 (8.3%)

0.375

Lung embolism

1 (3.1%)

1 (5.0%)

0

1.000

Bowel perforation

1 (3.1%)

1 (5.0%)

0

1.000

Ileus

2 (6.3%)

1 (5.0%)

1 (8.3%)

1.000

Postoperative bleeding

1 (3.1%)

0

1 (8.3%)

0.375

Wound infection

1 (3.1%)

0

1 (8.3%)

0.375

Intraabdominal abscess

1 (3.1%)

1 (5.0%)

0

1.000

Cardiac arrhythmia

1 (3.1%)

1 (5.0%)

0

1.000