Table 1 The 301 complication cases following radical gastrectomy and their complication grading.

From: Analysis of postoperative complications and long term survival following radical gastrectomy for patients with gastric cancer

Postoperative complications

Clavien-Dindo classifications (2009 version)

I

(n = 85)

II

(n = 129)

IIIa

(n = 38)

IIIb

(n = 21)

IVa

(n = 18)

IVb

(n = 6)

V

(n = 4)

Anastomotic leakage

2

38

2

5

2

1

0

Abdominal hemorrhage

1

1

2

8

2

2

1

Anastomotic hemorrhage

3

9

3

2

0

1

0

Delayed gastric emptying

2

41

2

1

0

0

0

Intestinal obstruction

2

8

6

5

2

0

1

Pancreatic leakage

14

9

2

0

0

0

0

Lymphatic leakage

6

2

2

0

0

0

0

Abdominal fluid, infection

13

5

7

0

0

1

0

Pleural effusion, pneumonia

16

5

11

0

6

0

1

Renal insufficiency

0

3

1

0

2

0

0

Urinary infection

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

Fever

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

Phlebothrombosis

2

5

0

0

0

0

0

Myocardial infarction

1

1

0

0

2

0

1

Cerebral infarction

0

1

0

0

2

1

0

Wound Infection

18

0

0

0

0

0

0