Table 2.
Operative variables and postoperative outcome
| Control period (2018–2019) | Study period (2020) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 420 | 112 | ||||||||
| N | % | Median | IQR | N | % | Median | IQR | p value | |
| Complicated appendicitis | 110 | 26.19 | 45 | 40.17 | 0.004 | ||||
| Abscess | 67 | 16.00 | 26 | 23.21 | 0.072 | ||||
| Perforation | 50 | 11.90 | 19 | 16.96 | 0.157 | ||||
| Diffuse peritonitis | 32 | 7.61 | 14 | 12.50 | 0.102 | ||||
| Treatment | |||||||||
| Non-operative | 51 | 12.10 | 13 | 11.60 | 0.434 | ||||
| Operative | 369 | 87.90 | 99 | 88.40 | |||||
| Time to surgery (hours) | 12 | 6–22 | 12 | 6–22 | 0.957 | ||||
| Surgical Technique | |||||||||
| Laparoscopy | 310 | 84.00 | 90 | 90.90 | 0.1 | ||||
| Open | 59 | 16.00 | 9 | 9.10 | |||||
| Duration of surgery (min) | 60 | 45–75 | 65 | 50–88 | 0.023 | ||||
| Negative appendectomy | 64 | 17.34 | 6 | 6.10 | 0.006 | ||||
| Morbidity | 33 | 7.90 | 10 | 8.90 | 0.746 | ||||
| Complications (grade) | |||||||||
| 0 | 359 | 91.60 | 86 | 89.60 | 0.272 | ||||
| I | 16 | 4.10 | 3 | 3.10 | |||||
| II | 10 | 2.60 | 2 | 2.10 | |||||
| III | 6 | 1.50 | 5 | 5.20 | |||||
| IV | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||
| V | 1 | 0.30 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||
| Length of stay | 3 | 2–5 | 3 | 2–5 | 0.405 | ||||
| Readmission | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||