Table 5.

Complications of appendicitis treatment in % and median length of stay during reference and observation period

	Reference period	Observation period	p value
Median length of stay in days (only appendectomy)	4	3	n.s.
Re-admission within 30 days	6.8% ± 0.81	5.8% ± 0.61	0.05
Anastomosis leakage or appendix stump leakage	0.41% ± 0.2	0.42% ± 0.17	n.s.
Wound infection	1.3% ± 0.4%	1.1% ± 0.4	n.s.
Re-operation	0.84% ± 0.35	0.83 ± 0.32	n.s.
Peritonitis or sepsis	2.9% ± 0.5	2.6% ± 0.3	n.s.