Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy and the Developing World
Table 2
Intraoperative and postoperative data.
Variable
Pregnant ()
Nonpregnant ()
value
Time to surgery (hours)
36 (12–70)
30 (6–70)
0.28
Time to surgery (>48 hours)
18 (32.1)
51 (31.1)
0.88
Operative time (minutes)
50 (30–80)
50 (30–80)
0.19
Operative time (>60 minutes)
7 (12.5)
14 (8.5)
0.38
Pathology
0.52
Normal
12 (21.4)
35 (21.3)
Inflamed
15 (26.8)
41 (25.0)
Suppurative
26 (46.4)
78 (47.6)
Gangrenous
3 (5.4)
10 (6.1)
Perforation
Yes
14 (25.0)
39 (23.8)
0.85
No
42 (75.0)
125 (76.2)
Complications%
16 (28.6)
44 (26.8)
0.80
SSI
8 (14.3)
22 (13.4)
LRTI
4 (7.1)
7 (4.3)
UTI
2 (3.6)
7 (4.3)
Intraabdominal abscess
1 (1.8)
4 (2.4)
Superficial thrombophlebitis
1 (1.8)
4 (2.4)
Length of hospital stay (days)
5 (3–14)
4.5 (3–18)
0.36
Categorical variables are presented as (%); continuous variables are presented as median (interquartile range); SSI: surgical site infection; LRTI: lower respiratory tract infection; UTI: urinary tract infection; value significant if <0.05.