Table 1 Patient Characteristics according to surgeon incident volume
From: Do older surgeons have safer hands? A retrospective cohort study
Patient characteristics | First 20 transplants | 21–50 transplants | > 51 transplants | Statistical test, p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOTAL | n = 238 | n = 186 | n = 355 | |
Gender Male | 126 (52.9%) | 96 (51.6%) | 220 (62%) | Pearson correlation, positive correlation p = 0.041 |
Gender Female | 112 | 90 | 135 | |
Age (years) | 43.6 ± 1.826 | 45.4 ± 2.048 | 45.6 ± 1.415 | ANOVA, p = 0.194 |
Average Ischaemic Time (minutes) | 339.519 ± 12.355 | 336.783 ± 16.641 | 324.571 ± 11.314 | ANOVA, p = 0.184 |
Single | 85 | 53 | 80 | |
Bilateral | 153 (64.3%) | 133 (71.5%) | 275 (77.5%) | Pearson correlation, positive correlation with increasing incident volume, p = 0.002 |