Table 3.

Postoperative Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Appendectomy With Polymeric Clip to Secure the Appendiceal Stump

Postoperative Characteristics	Distribution (mean, SD) or %
Outpatient antibiotic regimen, %
None	64
Outpatient antibiotics prescribed	28
Unknown	8
Complications, %
None	88
Pelvic fluid collection	4
Suture abscess at umbilicus	4
Presentation to ED for pain (no pathology)	4
Mean total hospital LOS, days (SD)	2.4 (1)
Postoperative LOS, days
Median	1
Minimum	0
Maximum	6
IQR	2
Mean time to follow-up in surgical clinic, days (SD)	19.6 (12)
No follow-up in surgical clinic, %	36
Mean length of follow-up, days (SD)	80.7 (88)
No f/u in our system, %	12

N = 25 patients.