Association between radical versus conservative surgery and short-term outcomes of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in Nyingchi, China: a retrospective cohort study

Table 4 Multivariable analysis of the association between RS and short-term outcomes with reference to CS

	Non-adjusted ^b		Minimally Adjusted ^b		Fully Adjusted ^b	p-value
	OR/β (95%CI)	p-value	aOR/aβ (95%CI)	p-value	aOR/aβ (95%CI)	p-value
Overall morbidity	0.4 (0.2, 0.8)	0.013	0.4 (0.2, 0.8)	0.017	0.4 (0.2, 0.9)	0.029
Bile leakage	0.4 (0.2, 1.1)	0.080	0.5 (0.2, 1.2)	0.104	0.5 (0.2, 1.2)	0.125
Lung complication	0.7 (0.2, 3.0)	0.684	0.7 (0.2, 2.8)	0.586	0.7 (0.2, 2.9)	0.602
Pleural complication	0.8 (0.2, 2.7)	0.683	0.8 (0.2, 2.7)	0.681	0.8 (0.2, 3.0)	0.783
Intra-operative blood loss ^a	167.0 (37.4, 296.5)	0.013	175.3 (44.5, 306.1)	0.010	179.3 (54.2, 304.5)	0.006
Intra-operative blood loss ≥ 500 mL	2.8 (0.9, 8.7)	0.083	2.9 (0.9, 9.2)	0.075	3.0 (0.9, 9.9)	0.074
Length of surgery ^a	0.5 (0.0, 0.9)	0.039	0.4 (-0.0, 0.8)	0.066	0.4 (-0.0, 0.8)	0.070
Hospital LOS ^a	0.1 (-1.8, 2.1)	0.884	0.2 (-1.8, 2.2)	0.865	0.8 (-1.1, 2.7)	0.399
Post-surgical LOS ^a	0.6 (-1.2, 2.5)	0.500	0.7 (-1.1, 2.6)	0.440	1.1 (-0.7, 2.9)	0.230

Abbreviations: RS Radical surgery, CS Conservative surgery, OR Odds ratio, aOR Adjusted OR, aβ Adjusted β, 95%CI 95% confidential interval, LOS Length of stay
^a Continuous variates
^b Non-adjusted: we adjusted for none; Minimally adjusted: we adjusted for age, sex; Fully adjusted: we adjusted for age, sex, previous surgical history of hepatic Echinococcosis, cyst diameter, and infected cyst

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