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Table 4 Multivariate ordinal regression on use of MIS in primary emergencies

From: Minimally invasive surgery in emergency surgery: a WSES survey

Variable

OR

95% confidence interval

p value

Lower

Upper

Sex

    

 Male

1

   

 Female

0.715

0.400

1.277

0.257

Age (+ 1)

0.982

0.952

1.012

0.238

WHO Region

    

 West Pacific Region

1.789

0.413

7.738

0.437

 East Mediterranean Region

1.299

0.249

6.775

0.756

 Europe

3.078

0.875

10.826

0.080

 Southeast Asian Region

0.906

0.181

4.522

0.904

 American Region

3.409

0.921

12.622

0.066

 African Region

1

   

Kind of Hospital

    

 Public hospital

1

   

 Private Hospital

1.193

0.740

1.924

0.470

Hospital Level

    

 First level hospital

0.524

0.208

1.320

0.171

 Second level hospital

0.826

0.319

2.138

0.693

 Academic Hospital

1

   

Presence of Emergency department

1.401

0.601

3.263

0.435

Presence of Acute care service /unit

0.795

0.508

1.245

0.316

Years of professional experience (+ 1)

1.544

1.074

2.219

0.019

Personal expertise

    

 General surgery

1.193

0.878

1.621

0.258

 Emergency and trauma surgery

1.130

0.885

1.442

0.327

Colorectal expertise

0.770

0.621

0.955

0.017

 Upper GI

1.060

0.850

1.323

0.604

 HPB

0.997

0.833

1.194

0.978

 Endocrine surgery

0.756

0.636

0.900

0.002

 Bariatric surgery

1.370

1.171

1.603

< 0.001

Use of laparoscopy in elective surgery

4.130

3.116

5.474

< 0.001

Time dedicated to emergency surgery

1.256

0.951

1.658

0.108

  1. Significant variables are marked in bold