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Table 3 Risk-adjusted Odds Ratios of Length of Stay, Morbidity and In-hospital Mortality According to the Surgeon’s Level of Experience

From: The impact of surgical experience and frequency of practice on perioperative outcomes in pancreatic surgery

 

Level of Experience

Risk-adjusted OR

95% CI

LOS > 14 Days

Beginner

0.98

0.69–1.39

Intermediate

1.00

Reference

Experienced

0.97

0.74–1.27

DGE*

Beginner

0.82

0.45–1.50

Intermediate

1.00

Reference

Experienced

0.72

0.46–1.13

POPF*

Beginner

0.46

0.26–0.82

Intermediate

1.00

Reference

Experienced

0.54

0.36–0.82

PPH*

Beginner

0.51

0.25–1.05

Intermediate

1.00

Reference

Experienced

0.85

0.53–1.37

In-hospital Mortality

Beginner

0.45

0.17–1.16

Intermediate

1.00

Reference

Experienced

0.42

0.21–0.83

  1. Odds ratios were calculated by multivariate regression with adjustment for age, gender, surgical difficulty and year of surgery. *Includes Grade B + C
  2. DGE delayed gastric emptying, POPF postoperative pancreatic fistula, PPH postpancreatectomy hemorrhage, LOS Length of stay (LOS)
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