Table 5.
Outcomes, complications, and length of hospital stay.
| Results | Perforated appendicitis (n = 103) |
Acute appendicitis (n = 103) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation conversion n (%) | 8 (7.8) | 0 | 0.003∗ |
| Complication n (%) | 34 (33) | 13 (12.6) | <0.001∗ |
| Pneumonia | 16 (15.5) | 7 (6.8) | 0.046∗ |
| Respiratory failure | 4 (3.9) | 1 (1.0) | 0.174 |
| Gastrointestinal bleeding | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 0.498 |
| Surgical wound infection | 19 (18.4) | 4 (3.9) | 0.001∗ |
| Length of hospital stay | |||
| Median (min-max) | 8 (3–48) | 4 (2–136) | <0.001 |
| Discharge status n (%) | 0.005∗ | ||
| Complete recovery | 92 (89.3) | 102 (99) | |
| Morbidity | 9 (8.7) | 1 (1) | |
| Death | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0) |
∗: value < 0.05 is statistically significant.