Table 4.

Statistical evaluation of surgical site infection

	Surgical site infection
	Yes (n=5)	No (n=76)	p
Age: years (Mean±SD)	64.4±20.7	51.2±17.2	α0.108
Duration of preoperative complaints of strangulation (hr): median (range)	24 (6-36)	12 (4-24)	β0.051
Postoperative hospital stay; days:	5 (1-7)	2 (1-6)	β0.027*
median (range)
Patients who underwent bowel resection **n (%)	4 (80)	8 (10.5)	γ0.001*

SD: Standard deviation;

^αT–test;

^βMann Whitney-U test;

^*p<0,05;

^γFisher’s exact test;

^**Resection of small bowel, appendix, and Meckel’s diverticulum was evaluated in combination.