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Table 6 Miscellaneous operation related factors and their effect on outcomes in OHS day surgery

From: Root causes of extended length of stay and unplanned readmissions after orthopedic surgery and hand surgery: a retrospective observational cohort study

Factor

No. Of patients

n (%) of outcomes

P-value

Procedure group

542

 

0.835

 Hand surgery

471

33 (7.0)

 

 Shoulder & elbow surgery

55

4 (7.3)

 

 Lower limb surgery

16

0 (0)

 

Laryngeal mask airway or intubation

542

 

0.137

 neither

488

30 (6.1)

 

 laryngeal mask airway

51

7 (13.7)

 

 intubation

3

0 (0)

 

General anesthesia

542

 

0.077

 yes

53

7 (13.2)

 

 no

489

30 (6.1)

 

Plexus block

541

 

0.086

 yes

166

16 (9.6)

 

 no

375

21 (5.6)

 

Intravenous regional anesthesia

542

 

0.456

 yes

114

6 (5.3)

 

 no

428

31 (7.2)

 

Spinal anesthesia

542

 

0.617

 yes

16

0 (0)

 

 no

526

37 (7.0)

 

Infiltrative anesthesia

542

  

 yes

326

24 (7.4)

0.544

 no

216

13 (6.0)

 

Peripheral nerve block

542

 

1

 yes

18

1 (5.6)

 

 no

524

36 (6.9)

 

NRS recovery room

539

 

0.384

 no pain 0

467

31 (6.6)

 

 mild 1–3

41

3 (7.3)

 

 moderate 4–6

27

2 (7.4)

 

 severe 7–10

4

1 (25.0)

 

Hypotensive during procedure

540

 

0.794

 yes

66

5 (7.6)

 

 no

474

32 (6.8)

 

Hypertensive during procedure

540

 

0.959

 yes

396

27 (6.8)

 

 no

144

10 (6.9)

 
  1. NRS Numerical rating system