Table 3 Postoperative outcomes
|
All patients (n = 38,202) |
Non-frailty (n = 37,900) |
Frailty (n = 302) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-hospital death | < 0.0001 | |||
| Alive |
38,138 (99.83%) |
37,847 (99.86%) |
291 (96.36%) | |
| Dead |
64 (0.17%) |
53 (0.14%) |
11 (3.64%) | |
| Prolonged LOS | < 0.0001 | |||
| N (<75th percentile) (< 2 days) |
22,932 (60.03%) |
22,892 (60.40%) |
40 (13.25%) | |
| Y (> = 75th percentile) (> = 2 days) |
15,270 (39.97%) |
15,008 (39.60%) |
262 (86.75%) | |
| Surgical complications |
5388 (14.10%) |
5253 (13.86%) |
135 (44.70%) | < 0.0001 |
| Tracheostomy |
38 (0.10%) |
33 (0.09%) |
5 (1.66%) | < 0.0001 |
| Hoarseness |
270 (0.71%) |
260 (0.69%) |
10 (3.31%) | < 0.0001 |
| Hemorrhage, hematoma, or seroma |
784 (2.05%) |
734 (1.94%) |
50 (16.56%) | < 0.0001 |
| Hypocalcemia |
3587 (9.39%) |
3540 (9.34%) |
47 (15.56%) | 0.0007 |
| Vocal cord paresis or paralysis |
921 (2.41%) |
866 (2.28%) |
55 (18.21%) | < 0.0001 |
| Wound/ Technical complications |
453 (1.19%) |
427 (1.13%) |
26 (8.61%) | < 0.0001 |
| Medical complications |
2690 (7.04%) |
2523 (6.66%) |
167 (55.30%) | < 0.0001 |
| Cardiovascular |
1672 (4.38%) |
1600 (4.22%) |
72 (23.84%) | < 0.0001 |
| Pulmonary |
521 (1.36%) |
450 (1.19%) |
71 (23.51%) | < 0.0001 |
| Acute kidney injury |
190 (0.50%) |
155 (0.41%) |
35 (11.59%) | < 0.0001 |
| Pneumonia |
604 (1.58%) |
515 (1.36%) |
89 (29.47%) | < 0.0001 |
| Infection/Sepsis |
397 (1.04%) |
336 (0.89%) |
61 (20.20%) | < 0.0001 |