Table 3.

Outcomes in patients with complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis.

	Complicated appendicitis			Uncomplicated appendicitis
	Hem-o-lok	Endostapler	p	Hem-o-lok	Endostapler	p
Patients	n = 56	n = 159		n = 379	n = 79
Intra-abdominal abscesses	1 (2%)	10 (6%)	0.295	4 (1%)	2 (3%)	0.277
Readmissions	1 (2%)	11 (7%)	0.192	15 (4%)	3 (4%)	1.000
Reoperations	1 (2%)	2 (1%)	0.932	3 (0.8%)	1 (1%)	1.000
OR time, minutes	73 (61–94)	79 (62–100)	0.188	59 (49–77)	66 (53–83)	0.068
Hospital stay, days	5 (3–6)	5 (3–7)	0.519	3 (3–4)	3 (2–4)	0.835

Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or n (%) unless otherwise indicated.

OR, operating room.