Table 3 Summary of patients’ demographics, surgeon’s characteristics by cause to cancel surgery (N = 417)
From: Case review analysis of operating room decisions to cancel surgery
Cause to cancel surgery | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | NPO before anesthesia | Medical reason | Surgical reason | System reason | Airway issue | Family issue | Incomplete evaluation | P-value |
N | 14 | 246 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 74 | |
Sex | 0.250 | |||||||
  Males | 11 (80%) | 121 (49%) | 20 (56%) | 5 (63%) | 4 (80%) | 16 (47%) | 34 (46%) | |
  Females | 3 (21%) | 125 (51%) | 16 (44%) | 3 (38%) | 1 (20%) | 18 (53%) | 40 (54%) | |
Age | ||||||||
  <18 years | 3 (21%) | 25 (10%) | 1 (3%) | 3 (38%) | 1 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (4%) | 0.018* |
  18 years ≦ age < 65 years | 8 (58%) | 116 (47%) | 18 (50%) | 3 (38%) | 3 (60%) | 13 (38%) | 36 (49%) | |
  ≧ 65 years | 3 (21%) | 105 (43%) | 17 (47%) | 2 (24%) | 1 (20%) | 21 (62%) | 35 (47%) | |
Visit pre-operative anesthesia OPDa | 0.256 | |||||||
  No | 4 (30.8%) | 82 (33.7%) | 8 (21.6%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (40%) | 7 (20%) | 22 (29.7%) | |
  Yes | 9 (69.2%) | 161 (66.3%) | 29 (78.4%) | 7 (100%) | 3 (60%) | 28 (80%) | 52 (70.3%) | |
Surgeon department | 0.049* | |||||||
  General Surgery | 5 (35.7%) | 74 (30.1%) | 8 (22.2%) | 4 (50.0%) | 2 (40%) | 8 (23.5%) | 26 (35.1%) | |
  Gastrointestinal/Urology | 4 (28.6%) | 40 (16.3%) | 16 (44.4%) | 2 (25.0%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (17.6%) | 12 (16.2%) | |
  Neurosurgery | 0 (0%) | 17 (6.9%) | 2 (5.6%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (20%) | 2 (5.9%) | 6 (8.1%) | |
  Orthopedics | 0 (0%) | 51 (20.7%) | 6 (16.7%) | 1 (12.5%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (23.5%) | 18 (24.3%) | |
  Gynecology | 0 (0%) | 16 (6.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (5.9%) | 5 (6.8%) | |
  Trauma Surgery | 2 (14.3%) | 27 (11%) | 1 (2.8%) | 1 (12.5%) | 2 (40.0%) | 1 (3.0%) | 5 (6.8%) | |
  Internal Medicine | 2 (21.4%) | 21 (8.5%) | 3 (8.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (20.6%) | 2 (2.7%) | |
Surgery cancelled after anesthesiab | ||||||||
  No | 11 (100%) | 132 (89%) | 15 (68%) | 2 (50%) | 3 (60%) | 19 (83%) | 31 (100%) | 0.001* |
  Yes | 0 (0%) | 16 (11%) | 7 (32%) | 2 (50%) | 2 (40%) | 4 (17%) | 0 (0%) | |
Follow-up procedurec | 0.031* | |||||||
  Received operation | 13 (92.9%) | 157 (64.6%) | 22 (61.1%) | 5 (71.4%) | 2 (40%) | 20 (58.8%) | 58 (78.4%) | |
  Did not receive operation | 1 (7.1%) | 86 (35.4%) | 14 (38.9%) | 2 (28.6%) | 3 (60%) | 14 (41.2%) | 16 (21.6%) | |