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Table 8 Morbidity and mortality between EUAS and non-EUAS groups

From: Radical surgery versus standard surgery for primary cytoreduction of bulky stage IIIC and IV ovarian cancer: an observational study

Complications

EUAS group (n = 112)

Non- EUAS group (n = 241)

Thoracentesis/chest tube placement

9(8.0 %)

4(1.7 %)

Pulmonaryembolism

1(0.9 %)

1(0.4 %)

Deep venous thrombosis

1(0.9 %)

0

Cerebral infarction

0

1(0.4 %)

Bowel obstruction

2(1.8 %)

8(3.3 %)

Wound infection

2(1.8 %)

2(0.8 %)

Abdominalinfections

1(0.9 %)

13(5.4 %)

Pneumonia

1(0.9 %)

1(0.4 %)

Urinary tract infection

0

1(0.4 %)

Gastroenteritis

1(0.9 %)

0

Heart failure/arrhythmia

1(0.9 %)

0

Relaparotomy for hemorrhage

1(0.9 %)

1 (0.4 %)

Blood transfusion for hemorrhage

0

2(0.8 %)

Median PRBC

0

8u/4ua

Intestinal fistula

0

1(0.4 %)

MSKCC Grade III/IVb

9 (8.0 %)

7 (2.9 %)

Mortality (MSKCC Grade V)

0

1(0.4 %)

  1. EUAS: extensive upper abdominal surgery. PRBC: Packed Red Blood Cell
  2. aTwo patients required blood transfusion for hemorrhage, with one received 8u PRBC and the other one received 4u PRBC. bMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) surgical secondary events gradingsystem, see reference