Table 2.
Absolute number of surgeries performed in 2019 and 2020, clustered for disease
| Disease | 2019 | 2020 | p value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Period 4 | Total | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Period 4 | Total | ||
| Appendicitis | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | < 0.001 |
| Cholecystitis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | n.s. |
| Diverticulitis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n.s. |
| Intestinal perforation (non diverticulitis) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | n.s. |
| Incarcerated inguinal hernia/ Incarcerated umbilical or postoperative hernia | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | < 0.001 |
| Gastro-duodenal perforation/hemorrhage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | n.s. |
| Small bowel obstruction | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | n.s. |
| Colon obstruction | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n.s. |
| Mesenteric ischemia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n.s. |
| Abscess | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | n.s. |
| TOTAL | 11 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 24 | < 0.002 |
n.s non significant