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 |