Table 4.

Management of acute appendicitis

		Year
		2019 (control group)			2020 (pandemic group)
		N (%)	Mean	SD	N (%)	Mean	SD	P
Type of management	ATB alone	1 (0.9)			2 (2.2)			0.673
	X-Ray drain alone	1 (0.9)			0 (0)
	Surgical	115 (98.3)			90 (97.8)
Type of surgery	Laparoscopic appendicectomy	112 (97.4)			89 (98.9)			0.303
	Laparotomy appendicectomy	2 (1.7)			0 (0)
	Right hemi-colectomy or ileocecal resection	0 (0)			1 (1.1)
	Draining + washing alone	1 (0.9)			0 (0)
Duration of surgery (min)			49	20		52	25	0.325
Duration of intravenous ATB (days)			1.74	2.33		2.12	3.19	0.324
Total duration of ATB (days)			3.08	4.15		4.61	7.86	0.073
Length of stay (days)			2	3		2	3	0.630

ATB, antibiotics; min, minutes.

Statistical significance was set at P<0.05.