Table 2

Early and late: arrival of patients [h:mm:ss], time spent in the hospital, start of surgery and start of first surgery

Arrival patientGeneral anaesthesia (n=405, 65%)Local/topical anaesthesia (n=217, 35%)
EarlyLateEarlyLate
n=271 (66.9%)n=130 (32.1%)n=128 (59.0%)n=88 (40.5%)
Average (SD)0:18:19 (0:18:28)0:18:31 (0:19:55)0:23:43 (0:28:53)0:21:47 (0:20:33)
Median0:13:060:11:200:18:060:13:50
Maximum2:04:351:55:404:09:571:22:39
Missingn=4 (1.0%)n=1 (0.5%)
Start surgeryGeneral anaesthesia (n=405)Local/topical anaesthesia (n=217)
EarlyLateEarlyLate
n=83 (20.5%)n=312 (77.0%)n=73 (33.6%)n=139 (64.1%)
Average (SD)0:36:22 (0:47:33)0:34:25 (0:38:31)0:28:48 (0:32:31)0:40:27 (0:38:22)
Median0:21:000:21:000:18:000:33:00
Maximum4:29:004:49:002:45:003:15:00
Missingn=1 (0.3%)n=1 (0.5%)
In timen=9 (2.2%)n=4 (1.8%)
Start first surgeryGeneral anaesthesia (n=128: 57 morning schedule, 71 afternoon schedule)Local/topical anaesthesia (n=54: 2 morning schedule, 52 afternoon schedule)
EarlyLateEarlyLate
n=18 (14.1%)n=106 (82.8%)n=18 (33.3%)n=33 (61.1%)
Over 5 min laten=99 (77.3%), median 0:17:00n=30 (55.6%), median 0:36:30
In timen=4 (3.1%)n=3 (5.6%)
Time spent in hospitalGeneral anaesthesia (n=405)Local/topical anaesthesia (n=217)
Average (SD)7:01:01 (1:47:08)4:16:39 (1:29:24)
Median6:46:303:54:28
Minimum–maximum1:50:30–14:25:371:21:28–10:49:55