Table 5.
Predictors of outcomes of hand and upper extremity surgeries.
| Variable | Minor Complications |
Major Complications |
|---|---|---|
| ORa (95 % CIb) | ORa (95 % CIb) | |
| Age | ||
| ≤40 | Ref | Ref |
| 41-60 | 1.02 (0.56, 1.84) | 0.97 (0.43, 2.20) |
| 61-80 | 1.29 (0.68, 2.46) | 1.11 (0.47, 2.61) |
| >80 | 0.98 (0.38, 2.52) | 0.81 (0.27, 2.42) |
| Sex Female (vs. Male) | – | – |
| Race | ||
| Caucasian | – | – |
| African American | – | – |
| Other/Not Reported | – | – |
| ASA Class≥3 | 1.24 (0.77, 2.02) | 2.95 (1.59, 5.48)* |
| Emergency | – | 1.79 (0.96, 3.32) |
| Inpatient | 2.31 (1.53, 3.51)* | 4.46 (2.59, 7.67)* |
| Resident (vs. No Resident) | 1.18 (0.80, 1.76) | 1.00 (0.61, 1.63) |
| Comorbidities | ||
| Smoker | – | – |
| Corticosteroid user | 1.49 (0.67, 3.36) | 1.63 (0.71, 3.73) |
| Open Wound | 1.76 (0.88, 3.50) | 2.43 (1.26, 4.67)* |
| COPD | 2.32 (1.15, 4.69)* | 1.34 (0.55, 3.24) |
| Coagulopathy | – | 1.67 (0.75, 3.72) |
| Diabetes | 1.01 (0.57, 1.79) | 1.10 (0.61, 1.97) |
| Hypertension | 2.03 (1.26, 3.29)* | 2.04 (1.12, 3.72)* |
*Indicates significance, defined as P < 0.05.
a
Odds ratio.
b
Confidence interval.