Table 2.
Histopathologic severity of appendicitis from surgical resection specimens
| Pre-pandemic | Relative risk (95% CI)* | P value | ||||
| 2017 (N=60) | 2018 (N=60) | 2019 (N=76) | 2020 (N=60) | |||
| Severity score—no (%) | ||||||
| 0: histologically unremarkable | 7 (12) | 5 (8) | 5 (7) | 1 (2) | 5.2 (0.71 to 38) | 0.10 |
| 1: suppurative appendicitis | 34 (57) | 39 (65) | 44 (58) | 36 (60) | 0.99 (0.78 to 1.2) | 0.97 |
| 2: gangrenous appendicitis | 13 (22) | 8 (13) | 14 (18) | 6 (10) | 1.8 (0.79 to 4.0) | 0.16 |
| 3: perforated appendicitis | 5 (8) | 7 (12) | 11 (14) | 15 (25) | 0.47 (0.26 to 0.84) | 0.01 |
| Other histologic pathological findings | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 2 (3) | 2 (3) | 0.61 (0.11 to 3.3) | 0.56 |
*Pre-pandemic’ (2017–2019) versus pandemic (2020)