The postoperative morbidity index: a quantitative weighing of postoperative complications applied to urological procedures

Table 3 Complications classified by weighted severity grades

	Severity grade
Procedure	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
Inflatable penile prosthesis	0.22	0.26		1.2			1.68
Nephroureterectomy	0.22	2.34	0.37	2.4	0.79		6.12
Partial nephrectomy		0.78		1.2			1.98
Percutaneous nephrostomy tube	0.11	0.26					0.37
Radical cystectomy	0.33	0.78	0.37	1.2	0.79		3.47
Radical prostatectomy	1.1	1.3	0.37	0.6
ESWL	0.22			0.6
Transurethral destruction of bladder lesion	0.22			2.4	0.79		3.41
Transurethral prostatetomy	1.65	1.3	0.37	6			9.32
Transurethral removal of ureteral obstruction	2.64	0.78		7.2			10.62
Ureteral catheterization	0.88	0.78	0.37
Subtotal by grade	7.59	8.58	1.85	22.8	2.37	0	43.19
Subtotal by grade (%)	18%	20%	4%	53%	5%	0%

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