Plot of bleeding points on the punch line.
bleeding, fever, thromboembolic, atelectasis, deaths
BLEEDING, ATELECTASIS, LEAKAGE, EVENTS, COMPLICATIONS
As regards postoperative outcomes, patients with a decrease in hemoglobin level >
2 mg/dL after surgery in T0 had a higher incidence of bleeding than those in T1 (20%
versus 8.6%). Two patients in T0 required 4 units of erythrocyte suspension
transfusion (P < 0.05). Complications according to the Clavien–Dindo
classification occurred in 22 cases (18.3% of all cases) within the 30-day
postoperative period; however, no deaths were recorded. Additional interventions
were performed in one patient in T0 because of ineffective drainage and in one
patient in T1 because of fever caused by atelectasis. No leakage or thromboembolic
events occurred during the 30-day follow-up in either group. Hospitalization
duration was significantly longer in T0 than in T1 (P < 0.05) (