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Table 2 Surgical and other postoperative complications of 186 children with NB

From: Risk factors, impact and treatment of postoperative lymphatic leakage in children with abdominal neuroblastoma operated on by laparotomy

Complications

lymphatic leakage1

Non-lymphatic leakage

Total (n = 186)

(n = 32)

(n = 154)

Surgical complications

Intraoperative hypertension

2 (6.3)

1 (0.6)

3 (1.6)

 

Diaphragm injury

1 (3.1)

5 (3.2)

6 (3.2)

 

Renal/urologic injuries

4 (12.5)

18 (11.7)

22 (11.8)

 

Vascular injury

1 (3.1)

2 (1.3)

3 (1.6)

Postoperative complications

Cardiovascular diseases

1 (3.1)

2 (1.3)

3 (1.6)

 

Respiratory diseases

16 (50)

29 (18.8)

45 (24.2)

 

Digestive diseases

14 (43.8)

58 (37.7)

72 (38.7)

 

Adrenal/urologic diseases

7 (21.9)

12 (7.8)

19 (10.2)

  1. 1Classification variables are presented as numbers (percent).