Table 3.

Postoperatively clinical and hematological outcomes

Variable	MPLA group (n = 51)	SPLA group (n = 47)	p-value
Gas out (day)	1.17 ± 0.58	1.43 ± 0.88	0.078
Time to soft diet (day)	1.39 ± 1.50	1.53 ± 1.33	0.626
Length of stay (day)	2.71 ± 1.89	2.89 ± 1.56	0.592
White blood cell
After 12 hr	10,200 ± 3,841	10,637 ± 3,456	0.564
After 24 hr	8,560 ± 2,878	9,092 ± 2,730	0.391
C-reactive protein
After 12 hr	7.34 ± 5.36	8.09 ± 6.91	0.555
After 24 hr	9.76 ± 8.55	9.11 ± 7.45	0.715
Morbidity within 28 days after surgery	4 (7.8)	3 (6.4)	0.779
Superficial SSI	4 (7.8)	2 (4.2)
Ileus	0 (0)	1 (2.1)
Clavien-Dindo classification			0.987
<IIIa	4 (7.8)	2 (4.2)
≥IIIa	0 (0)	1 (2.1)

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (%).

MPLA, multiport laparoscopic appendectomy; SPLA, single-port laparoscopic appendectomy; SSI, surgical site infection.