Table 5.
Statistics of differences between local and general anesthesia.
|
Local anesthesia N (%) Total = 609 |
General anesthesia N (%) Total = 314 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (male) | 464 (76) | 232 (74) | 0.4681 |
| Age (mean + SD) | 74 (10.7) | 73 (11.4) | 0.0852 |
| MGS at admission | 0.0001 | ||
| MGS 0: | 2 (0) | 2 (0) | |
| MGS 1: | 121 (20) | 147 (47) | |
| MGS 2: | 470 (77) | 140 (45) | |
| MGS 3: | 15 (3) | 15 (5) | |
| MGS 4: | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | |
| Missing | 1 (0) | 7 (2) | |
| Charlson comorbidity index | 0.0351 | ||
| CCI : 0 | 10 (2) | 11 (4) | |
| CCI: 1 | 32 (5) | 13 (4) | |
| CCI: 2 | 68 (11) | 42 (13) | |
| CCI: 3 | 152 (25) | 57 (18) | |
| CCI: 4 | 161 (26) | 72 (23) | |
| CCI: 5 | 96 (16) | 53 (17) | |
| CCI: 6 or more | 88 (15) | 62 (20) | |
| Missing | 2 (0) | 4 (1) | |
| Length of hospital stay in days median (mean, range) | 3 (5, 0-40) | 8 (8, 1-76) | 0.0002 |
| Postoperative complication N (%) | 50 (8) | 52 (17) | 0.0001 |
| Recurrence <3 months N (%) | 72 (12) | 32 (10) | 0.5101 |
| Mortality <3 months N (%) | 26 (4) | 10 (3) | 0.4771 |
Number of patients with known anesthesia modality N = 923.
1
analyzed χ2 test;
2
analyzed with Mann Whitney U test.