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Table 6 Postoperative complications in the COVID and non-COVID-19 patients

From: The ChoCO-W prospective observational global study: Does COVID-19 increase gangrenous cholecystitis?

Postoperative complications

Non-COVID group n = 2412

COVID group n = 180

Localized biliary peritonitis

51 (2.1%)

9 (5%)

Pulmonary

44 (1.82%)

12 (6.6%)

Wound infection

39 (1.61%)

15 (8.3%)

Bleeding

32 (1.32%)

5 (2.7%)

Intra-abdominal abscess

26 (1.07%)

1 (0.6%)

Diffuse biliary peritonitis

25 (1.03%)

5 (2.7%)

Biliary fistula

19 (0.8%)

2 (1.1%

Sepsis/septic shock

16 (0.07%)

4 (2.2%)

CBD stones

14 (0.6%)

1 (0.6%)

Gastrointestinal

9 (0.04%)

1 (0.6%)

Cardiac

8 (0.03%)

2 (1.1%)

CBD injury

7 (0.03%)

1 (0.6%)

Fever of unknown source

7 (0.03%)

2 (1.1%)

Bowel perforation

7 (0.03%)

0 (0%)

Localized collection

5 (0.02%)

0 (0%)

Pancreatitis

5 (0.02%)

1 (0.6%)

Renal

3 (0.01%)

1 (0.6%)

Delerium/neurological

3 (0.01%)

3 (1.7%)

Others

14 (0.6%)

1 (0.6%)

  1. The patients may have more than one complication. The percentage of complications are calculated separately from the whole population
  2. CBD common bile duct