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Table 3 Number of urgent surgical procedures performed in participating surgical centers

From: Emergency general surgery in Italy during the COVID-19 outbreak: first survey from the real life

Period

Overall number.

Mean ± SD

Median

95%IC

Range

p*

March 2019

2090

29.8 ± 22.3

23

24.5–35.2

1–94

< 0.0001

2020(1)

2190

31.7 ± 15.7

24

22.3–41.2

1–102

2020(2)

1086

15.7 ± 14.9

10

12.1–19.3

0–80

  1. SD standard deviation; 95%IC 95% interval confidence; 2020 [1] January 23 to February 22, 2020; 2020 [2] February 23 to March 22, 2020
  2. *March 2019–2020 [1], p = 0.826; 2020 [1]–2020 [2], p < 0.0001