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. 2020 Aug 5;55(12):2844–2845. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.07.033

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.

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Patients with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test have been put in bold.