Factors Associated with Perforated Appendicitis in Elderly Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Table 5

Outcomes, complications, and length of hospital stay.

Results	Perforated appendicitis; ()	Acute appendicitis; ()	value
Operation conversion (%)	8 (7.8)	0	0.003
Complication (%)	34 (33)	13 (12.6)	<0.001
Pneumonia	16 (15.5)	7 (6.8)	0.046
Respiratory failure	4 (3.9)	1 (1.0)	0.174
Gastrointestinal bleeding	2 (1.9)	0 (0)	0.498
Surgical wound infection	19 (18.4)	4 (3.9)	0.001
Length of hospital stay
Median (min-max)	8 (3–48)	4 (2–136)	<0.001
Discharge status (%)			0.005
Complete recovery	92 (89.3)	102 (99)
Morbidity	9 (8.7)	1 (1)
Death	2 (1.9)	0 (0)

: value < 0.05 is statistically significant.