Single-Port Transumbilical Laparoscopic Appendectomy: A Preliminary Multicentric Comparative Study in 87 Patients with Acute Appendicitis

Table 3

Postoperative results and outcomes.

	SPAA group (SPAAG); 𝑁=46	Laparoscopic appendectomy group (LAG); 𝑁=41	𝑃 value
Oral intake (after hours), mean (SD)	12,5 (20)	10,7 (21)	0,962
Discharge (hours), mean (SD)	44,4 (51)	34,0 (20)	0,225
Complications
(i) One patient had acute coronary syndrome during the surgery; another had acute pulmonary oedema	2	0	0,178
(ii) Seroma	0	0	—
(iii) Hernia	0	0	—
Pain at 12 hours (AVS), mean (SD)	2,8 (0,90)	2,9 (0,78)	0,774
Degree of satisfaction, mean (SD)	7,5 (1,0)	6,9 (1,2)	0,009
Satisfaction of aesthetic result, mean (SD)	8,6 (0,9)	7,4 (1,3)	<0,001
Pathology, 𝑛 (%)			1,000
(i) Acute appendicitis	29 (63)	28 (68)
(ii) Perforated appendicitis	15 (33)	13 (32)
(iii) Chronic appendicitis	1 (2)	0
(iv) Colonic neoplasm	1 (2)	0