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. 2021 Jul 29;26(1):197–205. doi: 10.1007/s11605-021-05093-z

Table 2.

Demographic, clinical, operative, and postoperative characteristics undergoing major abdominal surgery by patient reported textbook outcomes and clinically defined textbook outcomes

Variable Patient-reported TO p-value Clinically defined TO p-value
Demographics
Age, years, n (%)
<65 43 (84) 0.54 30 (59) 1.00
≥65 25 (89) 17 (61)
Gender, n (%)
Male 29 (85) 0.86 19 (55) 0.57
Female 39 (87) 28 (62)
Race, n (%)
White 63 (86) 0.84 45 (62) 0.22
Non-White 5 (83) 2 (33)
Patient and operative characteristics
BMI, n (%)
Normal 21 (91) 0.67 14 (61) 0.96
Obese 19 (83) 14 (61)
Overweight 28 (85) 19 (58)
ASA class
2 10 (91) 0.73 6 (55) 0.90
3 56 (85) 40 (61)
4 2 (100) 1 (50)
Albumin, g/dl, n (%)
<3.5 17 (81) 0.43 11 (52) 0.44
≥3.5 51 (88) 36 (62)
Cancer diagnosis, n (%) 59 (86) 0.70 40 (58) 0.47
Neoadjuvant therapy, n (%) 22 (85) 0.79 14 (54) 0.47
Type of surgery, n (%)
Gastrointestinal 32 (80) 20 (50)
Liver 14 (100) 0.28 13 (93) 0.04
Pancreas 20 (87) 13 (57)
Other 2 (100) 1 (50)
Operative approach, n (%)
Open 39 (93) 22 (47)
Robotic 23 (96) 0.13 19 (79) 0.01
Laparoscopic 3 (60) 5 (100)
Conversion to open 3 (100) 1 (33)
Postoperative characteristics
Drain on discharge, n (%) 6 (86) 0.98 3 (43) 0.35
Perioperative transfusion, n (%) 3 (50) 0.03 - -
Postoperative complications, n (%) 21 (78) 0.12 - -
Additional procedures, n (%) 7 (78) 0.44 - -
Reoperation, n (%) 1 (50) 0.26 - -
Length of stay >10 days, n (%) 6 (75) 0.34 - -
Discharge to home, n (%) 0 (0) 0.14 - -
Readmission ≤90 days, n (%) 10 (59) <0.01 - -

ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; g/dl, grams/deciliter; TO, textbook outcome