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Table 6 Incidence of postoperative event by BMI and method of sterilization (N = 710)

From: The effect of obesity on intraoperative complication rates with hysteroscopic compared to laparoscopic sterilization: a retrospective cohort study

    

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

  1. Number (%). BMI body mass index
  2. aPatients with more than one postoperative event are counted just once
  3. bIncluded 433 laparoscopic tubal ligation patients and 197 hysteroscopic sterilization patients who received general anesthesia
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