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Table 4 Types of complications according to Clavien-Dindo classification

From: Is case triaging a useful tool for emergency surgeries? A review of 106 trauma surgery cases at a level 1 trauma center in South Africa

Clavien-Dindo Grading

Postoperative complications (number of patients)

I

Wound sepsis (5), Ileus (1)

II

Pneumonia (1)

IIIa

Loculated haemothorax (1)

IIIb

Empyema of chest (3)

IVa

Acute kidney injury (6), respiratory failure (9)

IVb

Multiorgan dysfunction (3)

V

Death (2)

Total

31