Frequency of Complications Due to Intra-Abdominal Surgeries
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Intra-abdominal surgery, postoperative complications, re-hospitalization, drain fall out, fistulaAbstract
Intra-abdominal procedures are associated with a broad spectrum of postoperative complications that vary widely in incidence depending on underlying pathology, surgical approach and patient comorbidities. Despite the abundance of literature, population characteristics and outcome definitions can obscure the true burden of postoperative events, necessitating continued investigation. Objective: To determine the complications due to intra-abdominal surgeries in patients presenting at Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted at the Department of General Surgery, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, from 04-07-2024 to 04-01-2025, involving 213 patients aged 18 to 70 years who underwent intra-abdominal surgery. We monitored the patients for 30 days for complications such as re-hospitalisation, drain-related fall out, fistula formation and bleeding. Data were analysed using SPSS version 23, and chi-square tests for stratification were used P values < 0.05 were considered significant. Results: The mean age was 43.27±14.91 years, with 58.7% male and 41.3% female patients. The complications were fistula formation (14.6%), re-hospitalisation (13.1%), bleeding (7.5%) and drain fallout (7.0%). No noteworthy associations between the complications and the patients' age and gender were observed. Conclusion: Complications due to intra-abdominal surgeries in our study were fistula (14.6%), re-hospitalisation (13.1%), bleeding (7.5%) and drain-related fallout (7%).
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