Table 2. Morbidity and mortality of inpatient cases with appendectomy as sole intervention for appendicitis.

		2010		2017
		n	%	n	%
Total number of patients		113 614	100.0	102 464	100.0
Indicators of complicated course	Septicemia	578	0.5	727	0.7
	Blood transfusions (≥ 6 units)	108	0.1	50	0.05
	Postoperative ileus	494	0.4	537	0.5
	Mechanical ventilation > 24 h	434	0.4	309	0.3
	Complex intensive care	1796	1.6	1609	1.6
	At least one indicator of complicated course	2540	2.2	2502	2.4
In-hospital mortality (all appendectomy cases)		184	0.16	118	0.12
In-hospital mortality (among patients with at least one indicator of complicated course)		136	5.4	86	3.4