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. 2015 Apr 7;21(13):3921–3927. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i13.3921

Table 3.

Comparison of intra- and post-operative factor between perforated appendiceal diverticulitis and perforated acute appendicitis

Variable Perforated appendiceal diverticulitis (n = 30)
Perforated acute appendicitis (n = 111)
Median Range Median Range P value
Operating times (min) 65 45-165 67 25-172 0.982
Inoperative blood loss (mL) 60 10-970 40 10-650 0.052
Postoperative hospital stay (d) 9 5-38 9 3-48 0.772
Number Rate Number Rate
Ileocecal resection (yes/total) 4 13% 7 6% 0.201
Skin incision (pararectal incision/total) 27 89% 82 74% 0.111
Formation of localized abscess (yes/total) 22 72% 39 35% < 0.0011
Postoperative wound infection (yes/total) 5 17% 19 17% 0.961
Postoperative ileus (yes/total) 3 11% 12 11% 0.921
1

Fisher's exact test;

2

Wilcoxon signed-rank test.