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Table 4 Risk-adjusted Odds Ratios of Length of Stay, Morbidity and In-hospital Mortality according to the Surgeon’s Frequency of Practice

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

 

Frequency of Practice

Risk-adjusted OR

95% CI

LOS > 14 Days

Sporadic

1.00

Reference

Frequent

0.89

0.70–1.12

DGE*

Sporadic

1.00

Reference

Frequent

0.56

0.38–0.83

POPF*

Sporadic

1.00

Reference

Frequent

0.88

0.62–1.24

PPH*

Sporadic

1.00

Reference

Frequent

0.64

0.42–0.98

In-hospital Mortality

Sporadic

1.00

Reference

Frequent

0.45

0.24–0.87

  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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