Nonclosure of the Peritoneum during Appendectomy May Cause Less Postoperative Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study

Table 1

Demographic data, operation time, VAS scores for postoperative pain, and postoperative complication details of the patients.

	Group 1 (open)	Group 2 (closed)	value
Age (years)	31.8 ± 10.0	30.1 ± 10.4	0.381
Gender
Female	19	20	0.843
Male	37	36
BMI (mean ± SD)	24.5 ± 3.4	24.8 ± 2.4	0.619
Operation time (minutes) (mean ± SD)	31.0 ± 15.1	38.5 ± 17.5	0.016
Superficial wound infection
Yes	4	3	1.000
No	52	53
Deep wound infection
Yes	1	1	1.000
No	55	55
Overall complication
Yes	5	4	0.728
No	51	52