Effect of enhanced recovery after surgery on older patients undergoing transvaginal pelvic floor reconstruction surgery: a randomised controlled trial

Table 5 Peri-operative complications

Characteristic	Group C (n = 49)	Group E (n = 46)	P-value
Intra-operative hypotension, n (%)	19 (38.78)	16 (34.78)	0.687
Intra-operative hypertension, n (%)	0	0	/
Intra-operative bradycardia, n (%)	18 (36.73)	21 (45.65)	0.377
Intra-operative tachycardia, n (%)	0	0	/
Intra-operative hyoxaemia, n (%)	0	0	/
Post-operative hypotension, n (%)	0	2 (4.35)	0.232
Post-operative hypertension, n (%)	0	2 (4.35)	0.232
Post-operative bradycardia, n (%)	2 (4.08)	0	0.495
Post-operative tachycardia, n (%)	1 (2.04)	0	1.000
Pruritus, n (%)	4 (8.16)	0	0.118
Post-operative urinary retention, n (%)	2 (4.08)	4 (8.70)	0.426
Ileus, n (%)	2 (4.08)	0	0.495
Post-operative respiratory tract infection, n (%)	0	0	/
Incision infection, n (%)	0	0	/
Post-operative deep venous thrombosis, n (%)	0	0	/
2 h post-operative PONV(I/II/III/IV), n	35/8/4/2	41/1/2/2	0.049
12 h post-operative PONV(I/II/III/IV), n	32/8/5/4	41/1/4/0	0.007
24 h post-operative PONV(I/II/III/IV), n	42/0/2/5	41/1/4/0	0.502
48 h post-operative PONV(I/II/III/IV), n	47/2/0/0	46/0/0/0	0.168

Data are given as median (inter-quartile range), mean [standard deviation], and n (%) as appropriate
PONV, post-operative nausea and vomiting
PONV graded criteria in four grades: Grade I—no nausea, Grade II—mild nausea, mild abdominal discomfort, no vomiting, Grade III—evident nausea and vomiting, but no material expelled, Grade IV—severe vomiting, expulsion of gastric contents necessitating medication

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