Complications of Common Gynecologic Surgeries among HIV-Infected Women in the United States
Table 1
Demographic and hospitalization characteristics, surgical procedure and approach, and presence of comorbidity among selected gynecological surgeries, by HIV status (United States, 1994–2007).
Characteristic
HIV-Infected
HIV-Uninfected
value
percentage
percentage
Patient age
15–34
6297
34.64
1836185
20.58
<0.001
35–44
7539
41.48
3235700
36.27
45–54
3549
19.53
2361684
26.47
55+
792
4.36
1488034
16.68
Any comorbidity*
Yes
8123
44.69
3040273
34.08
<0.001
Primary payer**
Medicare
2109
11.64
939970
10.57
<0.001
Medicaid
8255
45.55
1040880
11.71
Private Insurer
5276
29.11
6190159
69.63
Other
2483
13.7
718531
8.08
Hospital teaching status/location
Rural
1349712
15.16
<0.001
Urban nonteaching
4901
27.01
3772124
42.37
Urban teaching
67.67
3781486
42.47
Hospital region
Northeast
5512
30.32
1555612
17.44
<0.001
Midwest
1928
10.61
2070666
23.21
South
9703
53.38
3583074
40.16
West
1034
5.69
1712251
19.19
Surgical procedure (approach)
Hysterectomy with concomitant oophorectomy
6546
36.01
4314430
48.36
<0.001‡
(Abdominal)
(Vaginal)
(Laparoscopic)
Hysterectomy alone
4591
25.26
2235199
25.05
(Abdominal)
(Vaginal)
(Laparoscopic)
Oophorectomy alone
1841
10.13
1214082
13.61
Salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy
609
3.35
252689
2.83
Bilateral tubal sterilization
2290
12.60
302380
3.39
Dilation and curettage
2301
12.66
602823
6.76
*Including obesity, diabetes, cardiac condition or hypertension, asthma, anemia, gastrointestinal ulcers, smoking, and alcohol or substance abuse.
**
= 8,907,664 due to missing values. = 8,921,466. value for surgical approach < 0.001. value for surgical procedure.