Perioperative outcomes according to operative timing and operating room booking priority
| Booking priority; outcome | Operative timing; no. (%) of patients* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytime | Evening | Overnight | p value | |
| > 2–8 h | ||||
| Complication (n = 206) | 108 (52.4) | 72 (35.0) | 26 (12.6) | 0.2 |
| Death (n = 52) | 26 (50.0) | 14 (26.9) | 12 (23.1) | 0.2 |
| LOS, median (IQR), d | 9 (5.0–14.0) | 9 (5.0–18.0) | 7 (4.0–14.0) | 0.08 |
| > 8–24 h | ||||
| Complication (n = 135) | 90 (66.7) | 30 (22.2) | 15 (11.1) | 0.5 |
| Death (n = 16) | 11 (68.8) | 4 (25.0) | 1 (6.2) | 0.8 |
| LOS, median (IQR), d | 11 (5.0–19.0) | 10 (5.0–21.0) | 7 (4.0–13.5) | 0.2 |
IQR = interquartile range; LOS = length of stay.
↵* Except where noted otherwise.