Laparoscopic versus Open Surgery in Complicated Appendicitis in Children Less Than 5 Years Old: A Six-Year Single-Centre Experience

Table 2

Percentage and statistical analysis results (Student’s -test).

	OA	LA
Number of patients	55	65
Age	3.8 ± 1.0	4.4 ± 0.6	<0.001
Preop peritonitis	35 (63.6%)	34 (52.3%)	0.267
Complicated/uncomplicated	43 (78.1%)	47 (72.3%)	0.529
Operative time (min)	59.0 ± 11.0	69.0 ± 13.8	<0.001
Return to normal activities time (days)	7.2 ± 2.0	5.4 ± 1.7	<0.001
Return to regular diet time (days)	6.8 ± 2.2	5.2 ± 1.6	<0.001
Pain control (IV)	Acetaminophen, 12	Acetaminophen, 18	Needing more than 1 pain drug <0.001; Needing tramadol 0.529
	Tramadol, 0	Tramadol, 40
	Both, 43	Both, 7
Postop abscess	6 (10.9%)	3 (4.6%)	0.298
Postop ileus	7 (12.7%)	1 (1.5%)	0.023
Histology	Empyematous, 5	Empyematous, 6	0.683
	Phlegmonous, 7	Phlegmonous, 12
	Gangrenous, 43	Gangrenous, 47