Table 4. Comparison of CD Operations in China before and after the Year 2010.
| Variable | 1990–2009 | 2010–2014 | P -value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available centers | Available sample size | No. of cases | Average rate (mean±SD, %) | Available centers | Available sample size | No. of cases | Average rate (mean±SD, %) | ||
| No. of patients undergoing surgery | 741 | 1,266 | |||||||
| Emergency operation | 7 | 345 | 75 | 39.0±36.1 | 8 | 387 | 160 | 44.8±22.7 | 0.7120 |
| Surgical indications | 15 | 676 | 476 | 68.9±26.8 | 21 | 993 | 677 | 66.9±29.5 | 0.8360 |
| Misdiagnosis | 16 | 591 | 304 | 58.2±29.0 | 19 | 677 | 274 | 45.7±32.3 | 0.2980 |
| Postoperative complications | 12 | 414 | 103 | 23.9±2.5 | 16 | 911 | 164 | 20.2±3.8 | 0.0450a |
| Reoperation within 30 days | 6 | 233 | 11 | 5.9±6.7 | 10 | 412 | 96 | 14.5±13.5 | 0.1710 |
| In-hospital mortality | 13 | 589 | 20 | 5.1±3.9 | 22 | 945 | 6 | 1.1±1.9 | 0.0002a |
aP<0.05.