Reasons for Undesirable Pregnancy Outcomes among Women with Appendicitis: The Experience of a Tertiary Center

Table 6

Relationship between the first pregnancy and multiple pregnancies and trimester-based surgical methods on delivery.

Surgery type		Delivery		value	Effect size
		Term	Preterm + abort
First pregnancy	Open	16 (80%)	4 (20%)	0.667	0.111
	Laparoscopic	15 (88.2%)	2 (11.8%)
2+ pregnancy	Open	17 (81%)	4 (19%)	1.000	0.012
	Laparoscopic	16 (80%)	4 (20%)
Trimester 1	Open	10 (83.3%)	2 (16.7%)	1.000	0.057
	Laparoscopic	7 (87.5%)	1 (12.5%)
Trimester 2	Open	16 (88.9%)	2 (11.1%)	0.685	0.079
	Laparoscopic	20 (83.3%)	4 (16.7%)
Trimester 3	Open	7 (63.6%)	4 (36.4%)	1.000	0.164
	Laparoscopic	4 (80%)	1 (20%)