Table 3.

Patients who underwent timely surgery.^*

Variable	No. (%)		P† (Year 1 vs. Years 2-5)
	Year 1 (n=446)	Years 2-5 (n=1,670)
Surgery within 48 hr of admission	145 (32.5)	1,337 (80.1)	<0.01‡
Surgery after over 48 hr of admission	301 (67.5)	333 (19.9)

^* Patients operated within 48 hours of admission. ^† Assessed using Chi-square test. ^‡ P<0.05 was statistically significant