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Table 10 Subgroup analysis. Complicated inguinal hernia

From: The weekend effect on the provision of Emergency Surgery before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: case–control analysis of a retrospective multicentre database

 

Workday (Monday–Friday)

Weekend (Saturday–Sunday)

p

Primary treatment

   

 Medical

17 (7.3%)

2 (2.7%)

0.1491

 Surgical

217 (92.7%)

73 (97.3%)

 

 IR/Endo

0

0

 

Surgical access

   

 Laparos

1 (0.5%)

3 (4.2%)

0.0235

 Open

206 (99.5%)

69 (95.8%)

 

 Converted

0

0

 

Conversion rate

0

0

 

Length of stay$

4.4 ± 6.3

4.2 ± 4.2

0.1150

 

2 (0–50)

3 (0–25)

 

Readmission

   

 No

224 (96.1%)

72 (96.0%)

0.9574

 Yes

9 (3.9%)

3 (4.0%)

 
  1. Data presented as absolute number and percentage within column, respectively
  2. $ = Data reported as mean ± standard deviation, median (range); comparison with Mann–Whitney U test