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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2020 Nov 30;260:428–435. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.11.017

Table 2.

Bivariate analysis of diagnosis categories and operative intervention over mortality.

Overall n = 189 Died n = 28 (14.8%) Discharged n = 161 (85.2%) p-value
Diagnostic Category: n (%)
 Ventral hernia 6 (3. 2%) 1 (3.6%) 5 (3.1%) 0.9
 Gastrointestinal perforation 67 (35.5%) 11 (39.3%) 56 (34.8%) 0.6
  Gastric 24 (12.7%) 4 (14.3%) 20 (12.4%)
  Ileal 13 (6.9%) 1 (3.6%) 12 (7.5%)
  Duodenal 4 (2.1%) 1 (3.6%) 3 (1.9%)
  Jejunal 3 (1.6%) 1 (3.6%) 2 (1.2%)
  Appendiceal 8 (4.2%) 1 (3.6%) 7 (4.3%)
  Colonic 1 (0.5%) 1 (3.6%) 0 (0.0%)
  Unspecified 13 (7.4%) 2 (7.2%) 11 (6.8%)
 Volvulus 58 (30.7%) 7 (25.0%) 51 (31.7%) 0.5
  Midgut 17 (9.0%) 1 (3.6%) 16 (9.9%)
  Sigmoid 31 (16.4%) 5 (17.9%) 26 (16.1%)
  Compound 10 (5.3%) 1 (3.6%) 9 (5.6%)
 Abdominal mass 10 (5.3%) 3 (10.7%) 7 (4.4%) 0.2
 Inflammation/Abscess 18 (9.5%) 2 (7.1%) 16 (9.9%) 0.6
 Solid organ injury 12 (6.4%) 1 (3.6%) 11 (6.8%) 0.5
 Other 18 (9.5%) 3 (10.7%) 15 (9.3%) 0.8
Operation Category: n (%)
 Hernia repair 5 (2. 7%) 1 (3.6%) 4 (2.5%) 0.7
 Primary gastrointestinal repair 47 (24.9%) 6 (21.4%) 41 (25.5%) 0.6
 Bowel resection and anastomosis 31 (16.4%) 8 (28.6%) 23 (14.3%) 0.06
 Diverting ostomy 40 (21.2%) 5 (17.9%) 35 (21.7%) 0.6
 Appendectomy 17 (9.0%) 1 (3.6%) 16 (9.9%) 0.3
 Other clean abdomen 27 (14.3%) 3 (10.7%) 24 (14.9%) 0.6
 Other infected/dirty abdomen 12 (4.6%) 2 (7.1%) 10 (6.2%) 0.9