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Table 3 Results

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

2019

2020

2019

2020

Primary treatment

     

 Medical

1489 (75.1%) (32.0%)

494 (24.9%) (30.7%)

0.037

 Surgical

2861 (73.4%) (61.5%)

1035 (26.6%) (64.3%)

 

 IR/Endo

301 (79.0%) (6.5%)

80 (21.0%) (5.0%)

 

 Medical

875

614

300

194

0.441

 Surgical

1744

1117

647

388

0.379

 IR/Endo

187

114

57

23

0.131

Surgical access

     

 Laparos

1110 (73.5%) (42.0%)

401 (26.5%) (41.4%)

0.004

 Open

1522 (73.3%) (57.6%)

553 (26.7%) (57.1%)

 

 Convert

11 (44.0%) (0.4%)

14 (56.0%) (1.4%)

 

 Laparos

696

414

256

145

0.686

 Open

915

607

342

211

0.477

 Converted

11

0

8

6

0.013

Conversion rate

11/1121 (1.0%)

14/415 (3.4%)

0.001

 

11/707

0/414

8/264

6/151

 
 

p = 0.011

p = 0.609

 

Length of stay

7.6 ± 9.9, 5 (0–231)$

8.1 ± 11.4, 5 (0–220)$

0.033$

 

7.7 ± 10.7

7.4 ± 8.6

7.9 ± 10.0

8.6 ± 13.5

 
 

p = 0.664

p = 0.011

 

Rescue surgery

     

 No

4323 (74.6%) (96.9%)

1468 (25.3%) (95.9%)

0.061

 Yes

139 (68.8%) (3.1%)

63 (31.2%) (4.1%)

 
 

84

55

36

27

0.659

Readmission

     

 No

4182 (74.1%) (91.1%)

1463 (25.9%) (92.9%)

0.028

 Yes

408 (78.5%) (8.9%)

112 (21.5%) (7.1%)

 
 

265

143

70

42

0.631

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