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Table 8 Subgroup analysis. Small bowel obstruction

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

170 (40.0%)

64 (34.4%)

0.3827

 Surgical

249 (58.6%)

120 (64.5%)

 

 IR/Endo

6 (1.4%)

2 (1.1%)

 

Surgical access

   

 Laparos

40 (17.0%)

23 (19.7%)

0.0235

 Open

194 (82.6%)

89 (76.1%)

 

 Converted

1 (0.4%)

5 (4.3%)

 

Conversion rate

1/41 (2.4%)

5/28 (17.9%)

0.046

Length of stay$

8.6 ± 7.6

8.1 ± 5.8

0.3542

 

6.5 (0–58)

7 (0–31)

 

Readmission

   

 No

396 (94.5%)

173 (94.0%)

0.8105

 Yes

23 (5.5%)

11 (6.0%)

 
  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