Prospective Comparison of Nonnarcotic versus Narcotic Outpatient Oral Analgesic Use after Laparoscopic Appendectomy and Early Discharge

Table 1

Demographics and operative details.

	Nonnarcotic (𝑛=104)	Narcotic (𝑛=103)	𝑃 value
Age years	11.2±	11.6±	0.94
Acute appendectomy	𝑛=94	𝑛=92
Interval appendectomy	𝑛=10	𝑛=11
Operative time minutes	22 ± 11	21.6 ± 11	0.25
Time to discharge (hours)	7 ± 5	6 ± 5	0.16
Local anesthetic wound infiltration, 𝑛 (%)	104 (100)%	103 (100)%

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation when applicable.