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Elective Laparoscopic Left Colectomy for Diverticular Disease: A Monocentric Study on 205 Consecutive Patients

TABLE 5: Risk factors studied in multivariate analysis of postoperative complications

Odds ratio SE p-value
Age (yrs) 1.029 0.0165 0.07
Length of the colectomy (min) 1.006 0.0033 0.064

TABLE 6: Risk factors studied in univariate analysis for conversion
Conversion
Yes (n=12) No (n =189) p-value**
Age (yrs) 68 ± 10.9 58.6 ± 11.5 0.006
BMI (kg/m²) 24.7 ± 3.3 25.4 ± 3.5 0.56
Steroid therapy 1 (9.1%) 5 (2.7%) 0.297
Past abdominal surgery 10 (83.3%) 112 (59.6%) 0.132
Time from onset of symptoms (yrs) 34.7 ± 32.3 36.7 ± 44.7 0.57*
Complicated diverticulitis 4 (33.3%) 33 (17.5%) 0.24
Previous acute attacks (< 2) 8 (66.7%) 114 (60.3%) 0.8
Past urgent treatment 2 (18.2%) 8 (4.4%) 0.103
Associated lesions 1 (9.1%) 39 (20.7%) 0.697
Adhesions 2 (18.2%) 34 (18.1%) 1
Intraoperative complication 3 (25%) 7 (3.7%) 0.016
Associated procedure 3 (27.3%) 63 (33.3%) 1
* Mann and Whitney test
** Student t-test or Fisher exact test

TABLE 7: Risk factors studied in multivariate analysis of conversion
Odds ratio SE p-value
Age (yrs) 1.091 0.0378 0.012
Intraoperative complication 18.65 17.34 0.002
Past urgent treatment 4.46 4.27 0.119

TABLE 8: Risk factors studied in univariate analysis of postoperative functionnal disorder
Post-operative functional disorder
Yes (n =18) No (n =183) p-value**
Age (yrs) 59.4 ± 11.7 59.1 ± 11.7 0.926
BMI (kg/m²) 25.4 ± 3.5 25.3 ± 3.5 0.923
Steroid therapy 0 6 (3.4%) 1
Past abdominal surgery 14 (77.8%) 108 (59.4%) 0.204
Time from onset of symptoms (yrs) 31.5 ± 37.9 37.1 ± 44.6 0.7219*
Complicated diverticulitis 1 (5.6%) 36 (19.7%) 0.205
Previous acute attacks (< 2) 12 (66.7%) 110 (60.1%) 0.801
Past urgent treatment 1 (5.6%) 9 (5.1%) 1
Associated lesions 8 (44.4%) 32 (17.7%) 0.012
Adhesions 2 (11.1%) 34 (18.8%) 0.537
Intraoperative complication 1 (5.6%) 9 (4.9%) 1
Conversion 1 (5.6%) 10 (5.5%) 1
Associated procedure 9 (50%) 57 (31.3%) 0.120
Total length of the procedure (min) 213.9 ± 49.3 208.9 ± 58.3 0.727
Length of the colectomy (min) 185.2 ± 38.6 196.1± 52.2 0.390
Length of the associated procedures (min) 28.7 ± 35.4 12.9 ± 29.2 0.0213*
* Mann and Whitney test
** Student t-test or Fisher exact test

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