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Table 3 Description of patients who died based on their procedure in TGSH Northwest Ethiopia, 2023

From: 28-day perioperative pediatric mortality and its predictors in a tertiary teaching hospital in Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study

Specific procedure type

Total (N = 1171)

Number of deaths (N = 35)

Proportion of deaths

General surgery, and Urology procedure

519

17

3.3

Meningomyelocele repair

52

3

5.8

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

141

12

8.5

Upper extremity procedure

75

0

0

Lower extremity procedure

237

2

0.8

Ear, nose, and throat procedure

127

1

0.8

Other surgical procedure

20

0

0