Fig 1.
Flow chart illustrating the roadmap of database interrogation for this study (GA general anesthesia).
Table 1.
Sex differences in demographic and anesthesia-related patient characteristics.
Fig 2.
Bar graph of any block-related technical complications in boys versus girls.
*Combined endpoint of blood aspiration, dura puncture with „high spinal“, anatomical impediments, primary unnoticed subcutaneous LA injection; ‡ Fisher’s exact test. Given are absolute numbers and percentages including 95% binomial confidence interval (CI) for the total sex-specific rates.
Fig 3.
Specific block-related technical complications in 2060 boys and 487 girls.
Given are absolute numbers and percentages including 95% binomial confidence interval (CI) for the total sex-specific rates.
Table 2.
Logistic regression results for sex-specific associations with block-related technical complicationsa.
Fig 4.
Bar graph of any critical respiratory events in 2060 boys and 487 girls.
Given are absolute numbers and percentages including 95% binomial confidence interval (CI) for the total sex-specific rates.