Table 2: Perioperative Variables.
| Total 399 | Superficial Excision 147 36.84% | Deep Excision 252 63.16% | p Value | |
| Elective operation | 393 98.50% | 145 98.64% | 248 98.41% | 0.8575 |
| Emergency case | 0 0.00% | 0 0.00% | 0 0.00% | 1 |
| Admission quarter | ||||
| 1 | 93 23.31% | 32 21.77% | 61 24.21% | 0.5785 |
| 2 | 102 25.56% | 39 26.53% | 63 25.00% | 0.7353 |
| 3 | 98 24.56% | 35 23.81% | 63 25.00% | 0.7899 |
| 4 | 106 26.57% | 41 27.89% | 65 25.79% | 0.6473 |
| Wound class | ||||
| Clean | 292 73.18% | 111 75.51% | 181 71.83% | 0.4229 |
| Clean/Contaminated | 65 16.29% | 19 12.93% | 46 18.25% | 0.1644 |
| Contaminated | 13 3.26% | 5 3.40% | 8 3.17% | 0.9021 |
| Dirty/Infected | 29 7.27% | 12 8.16% | 17 6.75% | 0.5989 |
| Preoperative Labs | ||||
| Sodium | 139.6 2.5 | 139.2 2.3 | 139.7 2.6 | 0.1627 |
| BUN | 13.4 4.7 | 13.7 4.5 | 13.2 4.8 | 0.4898 |
| Creatinine | 0.8 0.2 | 0.8 0.2 | 0.8 0.2 | 0.8718 |
| Albumin | 4.2 0.6 | 4.2 0.4 | 4.2 0.4 | 0.3976 |
| Bili | 0.6 0.3 | 0.6 0.3 | 0.6 0.3 | 0.5181 |
| AST | 22.4 31.2 | 22.8 9.4 | 22.2 12.5 | 0.7966 |
| ALP | 70.0 38.3 | 67.1 20.2 | 71.1 19.1 | 0.3863 |
| WBC | 7.7 1.6 | 7.2 2.7 | 8.0 2.6 | 0.0355 |
| HCT | 41.3 4.0 | 41.1 4.7 | 41.4 3.6 | 0.5948 |
| PLT | 263.2 70.7 | 265.2 63.0 | 262.3 69.1 | 0.7623 |
| PTT | 30.9 4.8 | 30.5 4.5 | 31.2 4.6 | 0.5512 |
| INR | 1.0 0.1 | 1.0 0.1 | 1.0 0.1 | 0.266 |