Table 1.
Patient characteristics.⁎.
Patient Number | Age (years) | Duration of symptoms prior to surgery (days) | SARS-CoV-2 test results + | Status of appendix perforation | Mode of treatment | Length of hospital stay (days) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 | 7 | Negative | Perforated | Open surgery | 20 |
2 | 14 | 3 | Positive | Perforated | Open surgery | 8 |
3 | 1.5 | 4 | Negative | Perforated | Open surgery | 7 |
4 | 9 | 5 | Negative | Perforated | Open surgery | 12 |
5 | 10 | 4 | Negative | Perforated | Open surgery | 7 |
6 | 11 | 4 | Negative | Perforated | Laparoscopic | 7 |
7 | 4 | 5 | Negative | Perforated | Open surgery | 9 |
8 | 14 | 1 | Negative | Non-perforated | Laparoscopic | 1 |
9 | 13 | 1 | Negative | Non-perforated | Open surgery | 2 |
10 | 7 | 1 | Positive | Non-perforated | Conservative | 0 |
11 | 9 | 2 | Positive | Non-perforated | Conservative | 4 |
12 | 5 | 2 | Negative | Non-perforated | Open surgery | 2 |
Patients sorted on the basis of perforation status.
Patients with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test have been put in bold.