Table 5.

Bivariate and logistic regression analysis for overall complications

	BIVARIATE		MULTIVARIATE Laparoscopy vs Open
	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p
Approach
Laparoscopy	1		1
Open	2.74 (1.59–4.72)	< 0.001	1.58 (0.78–3.22)	0.204
Totally laparoscopic	1
Open	9.18 (4.17–20.19)	< 0.001
Converted	21.66 (6.5–72.15)	< 0.001
Age	1.03 (1.02–1.05)	< 0.001	1.03 (1–1.04)	0.002
Male gender	0.94 (0.57–1.55)	0.828	0.99 (0.56–1.74)	0.987
N°. of previous abdominal operations	1.32 (1.09–1.61)	0.005	1.13 (0.92–1.38)	0.237
ASA	2.17 (1.52–3.1)	< 0.001	1.25 (0.81–1.92)	0.311
Intestinal resection	2.48 (1.26–4.9)	0.009	2.2 (1–4.7)	0.044
Complex adhesions	2.54 (1.52–4.23)	< 0.001	2 (1.1–3.6)	0.021
Advanced laparoscopic skills	0.7 (0.4–1.22)	0.212	1.18 (0.58–2.41)	0.647