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. 2014 Jun 16;2014(1):1–11. doi: 10.5339/qmj.2014.1

Table 3.

Types of surgery and rates of cancellations.

Type of surgery Cancelled cases Performed cases Total % of Cancellations 95% CI Standard error

ENTS 17 23 40 42.50 27.18 - 57.82 2.4223

CTS 41 137 178 23.03 16.85 - 29.22 0.4636

OS 189 870 1059 17.85 15.54 - 20.15 0.0709

US 126 616 742 16.98 14.28 - 19.68 0.0992

NS 23 205 228 10.09 6.18 - 14.00 0.2589

PS 21 210 231 9.09 5.38 - 12.80 0.2439

GS 134 1356 1490 8.99 7.54 - 10.45 0.0376

VS 29 355 384 7.55 4.91 - 10.19 0.1349

MFS 6 100 106 5.66 1.26 - 10.06 0.4273

Total 586 3872 4458 13.14 12.15 - 14.14 0.0149

CTS: cardio-thoracic surgery, ENTS: ear-nose-throat surgery, GS: general surgery, MFS: saxillo-facial surgery, NS: neurosurgery, OS: orthopedic surgery, PS: pediatric surgery, US: urologic surgery, VS: vascular surgery.