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Table 3 Description of the profiles of the 9 identified clusters

From: Patient eligibility criteria for a surgical treatment that enhances tissue sealing by use of a medicated sponge: observational study ELITE

 

G 1

G 2

G 3

G 4

G 5

G 6

G 7

G 8

G 9

 

N = 48 (7%)

N = 71 (10%)

N = 67 (10%)

N = 74 (11%)

N = 98 (14%)

N = 70 (10%)

N = 151 (22%)

N = 43 (6%)

N = 61 (9%)

Circumscribed tumour

60

7

63

35

20

4

97 (43)

100 (13)

46

Extended tumour

21

100 (73)

1

4

2

0

1

0

16

Adhesion/inflammatory

10

10

46

69

85

10

7

2

33

Other lesions

21

1

1

0

2

100 (76)

0

0

13

Resection

79

90

76

81

63

39

100

100

89

Resection size

         

0 (none) to 2

27

11

24

22

46

67

2

0

15

2–5 cm

27

17

6

8

16

9

23

53

5

>5 cm

46

72

70

70

38

24

75

47

80

Anastomosis

31

32

28

36

12

13

11

16

18

Enlarged resection

44

77

46

36

7

9

27

12

30

Dissection

         

- Parietal

17

58

34

30

11

21

40

12

15

- Visceral

46

52

70

70

69

70

62

42

30

- Adhesion

19

35

43

58

53

22

17

7

20

- Pedicle

23

23

13

26

23

14

19

30

77

- Tumoral

15

32

13

4

6

3

0

100 (42)

12

- Lymphatic

23

32

28

12

0

0

22

0

64 (29)

- Retro-peritoneal

100 (96)

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

Dissection size

         

0–2 cm

2

0

0

0

7

5

1

0

0

2–5 cm

6

18

1

13

29

17

20

44

8

>5 cm

92

82

99

87

64

78

79

56

92

Application site

         

- Visceral slice

50

62

22

22

100

57

97

98

7

- Flat/tortuous

40

35

96 (46)

5

1

26

1

0

10

- Para-pedicle

2

0

2

1

0

1

0

0

98 (94)

- Other

25

23

2

84 (44)

2

29

4

0

38

Surgery

         

- Abdominal

50

48

73

65

80

67

58

44

74

- Thoracic

4

20

5

26

12

4

23

0

13

- Gynaecologic

6

25

13

8

5

27

19

2

7

- Urologic

40 (30)

7

9

1

3

1

1

54 (36)

7

Bleeding risk

27

24

30

31

23

35

24

12

31

Blood transfusion

19

19

18

19

8

37

13

7

20

  1. Values represent % within each group.
  2. Value between parenthesis represent % in the whole population (N = 683).