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Table 6 Subgroup analysis. Appendicitis

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

58 (8.3%)

27 (9.5%)

0.8041

 Surgical

640 (91.4%)

255 (90.1%)

 

 IR/Endo

2 (0.3%)

1 (0.4%)

 

Surgical access

   

 Laparos

492 (80.8%)

198 (80.5%)

0.8606

 Open

112 (18.4%)

45 (18.3%)

 

 Converted

5 (0.8%)

3 (1.2%)

 

Conversion rate

5/497 (1.0%)

3/201 (1.5%)

0.5850

Length of stay$

4.0 ± 3.7

4.4 ± 4.6

0.1176

 

3 (0–36)

3 (0–55)

 

Readmission

   

 No

677 (97.4%)

272 (96.5%)

0.4170

 Yes

18 (2.6%)

10 (3.5%)

 
  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