Diabetes and morbid obesity are associated with higher reoperation rates following microvascular decompression surgery: An ACS-NSQIP analysis.

Surg Neurol Int · 2017 · PMC5682698 · PMID 29184719

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approached significanceP = 0.052so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Need for reoperation was associated with diabetes ( P = 0.011) and approached significance with morbid obesity ( P = 0.052).

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fell just short of significanceno p-value reported

Diabetes ( P = 0.012) and morbid obesity (BMI >40) ( P = 0.049) were found to be predictive of readmission; although these fell just short of significance on multivariate analysis.

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