Table 6.
Incidence of postoperative event by BMI and method of sterilization (N = 710)
| All patients | General anesthesia b | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postoperative eventa | Total | Laparoscopic (n = 433) | Hysteroscopic (n = 277) | OR (95 % CI) | P value | OR (95 % CI) | P value |
| Overall | 89 (12.5) | 70 (16.2) | 19 (6.9) | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) | 0.0002 | 0.5 (0.2–0.8) | 0.006 |
| BMI <25 | 27 (10.9) | 19 (11.9) | 8 (9.2) | 0.8 (0.3–1.9) | 0.7 | 1.0 (0.3–2.7) | 1.0 |
| BMI 25–25.9 | 31 (14.4) | 26 (19.6) | 5 (6.1) | 0.3 (0.08–0.8) | 0.008 | 0.4 (0.1–1.1) | 0.06 |
| BMI ≥30 | 29 (12.4) | 23 (17.2) | 6 (6.0) | 0.3 (0.1–0.8) | 0.02 | 0.3 (0.07–0.9) | 0.02 |
Number (%). BMI body mass index
aPatients with more than one postoperative event are counted just once
bIncluded 433 laparoscopic tubal ligation patients and 197 hysteroscopic sterilization patients who received general anesthesia