Table 5.

Postoperative complications, hospital LOS, and mortality

Outcome	Perforated group (n=78)	Non-perforated group (n=145)	Total (N=223)	P-value
Surgical wound infection	2 (2.6)	1 (0.7)	3 (1.3)	0.281
Wound dehiscence	4 (5.1)	0 (0)	4 (1.8)	0.014
Abdominal infection/collection	2 (2.6)	0 (0)	2 (0.9)	0.121
Hospital LOS, days, median (IQR)	6.5 (5–7)	3 (3–5)	4 (3–6)	<0.001

Notes: Data are presented as n (%) unless indicated otherwise. Values <0.05 are statistically significant.

Abbreviations: LOS, length of stay; IQR, interquartile range.