Table 2.

Short-term surgical outcomes of patients who underwent emergency surgery

	Control group (n = 252)	Pandemic group (n = 103)	P value
Total post-operative complications, n (%)	43 (17.06)	25 (24.27)	c0.137
Cardiovascular system	4 (1.58)	2 (1.94)
Pulmonary system	6 (2.38)	4 (3.88)
Urinary system	2 (0.79)	1 (0.97)
Post-operative hemorrhage	3 (1.19)	1 (0.97)
Prolonged ileus	5 (1.98)	4 (3.88)
Superficial wound infection	11 (4.36)	6 (5.82)
Wound dehiscence	3 (1.19)	2 (1.94)
Intra-abdominal abscess	6 (2.38)	3 (2.91)
Anastomotic leakage	3 (1.19)	2 (1.94)
Re-operations, n (%)	6 (2.38)	4 (3.88)	c0.722
Mortality, n (%)	3 (1.19)	5 (4.85)	c0.049

^cFisher’s exact test