Table 3 Patient and pilonidal surgery characteristics to predict postoperative complications

Surgery^b

 AELF

21/58

(36.2)

0.18

0.06–0.53

0.002

 PPS

5/53

(9.4)

Gender

 male

20/85

(23.5)

0.98

0.34–2.76

0.96

 female

6/26

(23.1)

Age (years)

 < 26

12/52

(23.1)

1.04

0.43–2.50

0.94

 ≥ 26

14/59

(23.7)

BMI (kg/m²)

 < 25

0/11^c

(0.0)

4.61^c

0.54–39.49

0.16

 ≥ 25

13/44

(29.5)

Diabetes

 No

22/104

(21.2)

4.97

1.03–23.87

0.05

 Yes

4/7

(57.1)

Smoking

 No

2/19

(10.5)

3.72

0.76–18.31

0.11

 Yes

14/46

(30.4)

Previous incision of abscess

 No

15/50

(30.0)

0.52

0.21–1.28

0.15

 Yes

11/60

(18.3)

Spillage of pus during surgery

 No

25/101

(24.8)

0.34

0.04–2.80

0.31

 Yes

1/10

(10.0)

Sinus number

 < 2

5/19

(26.3)

0.79

0.25–2.51

0.68

 ≥ 2

16/73

(21.9)