Table 2 Post-operative complications determined by the Clavien–Dindo classification

From: Incomplete resection and linitis plastica are factors for poor survival after extended multiorgan resection in gastric cancer patients

 

GA group (n = 798, 89.4%)

EMR group (n = 75, 8.4%)

PO group (n = 20, 2.2%)

χ2 test

P-value

Local complications

44 (5.5%)

11 (14.7%)

0

11.28

0.004

 Abdominal infection

20

4

0

  

 Anastomotic fistula

4

3

0

  

 Intestinal obstruction

7

1

0

  

 Abdominal hemorrhage

2

1

0

  

 Gastrointestinal hemorrhage

5

0

0

  

 Disruption of wound

2

1

0

  

 Lymphatic fistula

2

0

0

  

 Pancreatic fistula

0

1

0

  

 Duodenal stump fistula

1

0

0

  

 Anastomotic stricture

1

0

0

  

Systemic complications

21 (2.6%)

8 (10.7%)

2 (10.0%)

15.81

<0.001

 Pulmonary infection

15

5

1

  

 Urinary infection

1

0

0

  

 Pneumothorax

2

0

0

  

 Renal failure

1

0

0

  

 Diabetic ketoacidosis

1

0

0

  

 Cardio- and cerebro-vascular event

 

3

1

  

Total complications

65 (8.1%)

19 (25.3%)

2 (10.0%)

23.28

<0.001

 Clavien-Dindo classification

   

36.05

<0.001

 II

40

9

1

  

 IIIa

7

2

0

  

 IIIb

11

3

0

  

 IVa

3

2

0

  

 IVb

1

1

0

  

 V

3

2

1

  
  1. GA, gastrectomy alone; EMR, extended multiorgan resection; PO, palliative operation.