Table 1.
Comparison between AA in children managed in 2019 and during COVID-19 pandemic
| 2019 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEX | No. (%) | Mean (SD) | No. (%) | Mean (SD) | P Value | |
| Male | 8 (62) | 8 (57) | 1 | |||
| Female | 5 (38) | 6 (43) | ||||
| AGE (years) | 13 | 8·9 (2·2) | 14 | 9·1 (2·6) | .88 | |
| TIMING (hours) | ||||||
| Onset of symptoms to ER presentation | 25 (14) | 42 (41) | .32 | |||
| ER presentation to surgery | 16 (10) | 27 (14) | .019 | |||
| Onset of symptoms to surgery | 41 (17) | 69 (46) | .038 | |||
| Time spent in ER | 3 (2) | 9 (5) | .001 | |||
| CLASSIFICATION | ||||||
| Complicated | 2 (15) | 7 (50) | .050 | |||
| Uncomplicated | 11 (75) | 7 (50) | ||||
| TREATMENT | ||||||
| Conservative | 0 | 1 (7) | .52 | |||
| Surgical (Laparoscopy) | 13 (100) | 13 (93) | ||||
| CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY | 2 (15) | 0 | ||||
| OPERATIVE TIME (minutes) | 93 (54) | 88 (43) | .41 | |||
| LENGHT OF HOSPITAL STAY (days) | 4·8 (2·2) | 4·8 (2·2) | .46 | |||
| COMPLICATIONS | 0 | 0 | – | |||
Between-group comparisons of continuous variables were performed using non-parametric test, while categorical variables were analyzed by the Fisher's exact test. All tests were one-tailed, with exception of those used to analyze age and sex.