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Table 3 Operative and postoperative data in patients with and without appendiceal tumours

From: Retrospective analysis of the incidence of appendiceal neoplasm and malignancy in patients treated for suspected acute appendicitis

 

With tumour

Without tumour

p value

Operation time (min) a

113.6 ± 55.5

79.7 ± 29.4

< 0.0001 c

Complicated appendicitis b

10 (58.8%)

194 (44.1%)

0.231 d

Conversion to open surgery b

3 (17.6%)

2 (0.45%)

< 0.0001 d

Postoperative complications b

2 (11.8%)

28 (6.3%)

0.378 d

Antibiotics postoperatively b

10 (58.8%)

131 (29.8%)

0.011 d

  1. aMean values ± Standard deviation
  2. bValues are numbers (% of all patients of the group)
  3. cStudent’s t-test
  4. dPearson’s chi square test
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