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Table 3 Post-operative complications following cholecystectomy

From: Place for elective cholecystectomy for patients with severe thalassaemia: a retrospective case control study

Demographic/medical factor

Number (%) of thalassaemia patients who developed the complication (n = 19)

Number (%) of non-thalassaemia patients who developed the complication (n = 55)

Odds ratio

95% CI

p value

Early

8 (42.1%)

10 (18.1%)

3.27

1.04–10.2

< 0.05

 Sepsis

2 (10.5%)

1 (1.8%)

6.35

0.54–74.4

0.14

 Liver abscess

1 (5.2%)

0 (0%)

9.0

0.35–230.6

0.18

Late (recurrent abdominal pain)

6 (31.5%)

7 (12.7%)

3.16

0.90–11.0

0.07