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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2016 Mar 4;202(2):259–266. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.02.042

Table 4.

Patient Characteristics

Total (N=885) Total (N=885)
Age Category Procedure Type
80+ 184 (20.8%) Laparoscopic 725 (81.9%)
75–79 142 (16.0%) Open 160 (18.1%)
70–74 190 (21.5%) Surgical Timing
65–69 194 (21.9%) Emergent 51 (5.8%)
60–64 175 (19.8%) Non emergent 834 (94.2%)
Gender ASA Class
Female 675 (76.3%) 4/5, Life threat/Moribund 28 (3.2%)
Male 210 (23.7%) 3, Severe Disturb 475 (53.7%)
Race 1/2, No disturb/Mild Disturb 382 (43.2%)
White 779 (88.0%) Wound Class
Black 24 (2.7%) 3/4, Contaminated, Dirty/Infected 19 (2.1%)
Hispanic 18 (2.0%) 2, Clean contaminated 365 (41.2%)
Other 64 (7.2%) 1, Clean 501 (56.6%)