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Table 3 Surgical access for the most common operations

From: Emergency surgery admissions and the COVID-19 pandemic: did the first wave really change our practice? Results of an ACOI/WSES international retrospective cohort audit on 6263 patients

 

Access

2019

2020

P

Appendicectomy

Laparoscopic

434 (81.6%)

249 (83.0%)

0.36888

Open

91 (17.1%)

50 (16.7%)

Lap to open

7 (1.3%)

1 (0.3%)

Cholecystectomy

Laparoscopic

321 (81.9%)

188 (76.4%)

0.24021

Open

68 (17.3%)

56 (22.8%)

Lap to open

3 (0.8%)

2 (0.8%)

Hernia repair*

Laparoscopic

22 (7.8%)

12 (8.1%)

0.91902

Open

259 (92.2%)

136 (91.9%)

Lap to open

0

0

Large bowel resection

Laparoscopic

40 (14.6%)

24 (11.6%)

0.49189

Open

231 (84.6%)

180 (87.4%)

Lap to open

2 (0.7%)

2 (1.0%)

Small bowel resection

Laparoscopic

3 (1.8%)

4 (3.0%)

0.57322

Open

165 (96.5%)

122 (96.1%)

Lap to open

3 (1.8%)

1 (0.8%)

  1. * “Hernia repair” includes inguinal, femoral, umbilical, ventral and incisional hernias