Analysis of 190 Female Patients after Appendectomy

Table 1

Demographics and clinicopathological features of the study patients according to pregnancy status.

Variables	Values as mean ± SD or no. of patients (%)		value^a
	Nonpregnant group (n = 182)	Pregnant group (n = 8)
Age at surgery, years	29 ± 11.3	31 ± 4.8	0.65
ASA score			0.005
I	81 (44.5)	1 (12.5)
II	99 (54.4)	6 (75)
III	1 (0.55)	1 (12.5)
IV	1 (0.55)	0 (0)
Length of admission	2.1 ± 1.3	2.3 ± 1.0	0.68
Diabetes	10	0	0.64
Comorbidities (DM not included)	32	2	0.43
Pain duration			0.54
Less than 24 h	81	2
24–48 h	69	4
More than 48 h	31	2
WBC (u/L)	11.71 ± 4.2	14.51 ± 4.2	0.068
Neutrophil (%)	71.65 ± 14.3	82.36 ± 9.2	0.052
CRP (mg/L)	42.51 ± 60.9	68.90 ± 64.4	0.26
Type of radiology study			0.001
Ultrasonography	67	8
CT scan	112	0
Appendix diameter (mm)	10.48 ± 3.3	10.33 ± 1.36	0.91
Complicated appendicitis			0.18
Yes	17 (9.30)	2 (25)
No	162 (90.7)	6 (75)
Operative approach			0.08
Open	23 (12.6)	2 (25)
Laparoscopy	158 (87.4)	6 (75)
Operative time (min)	48 ± 19.6	55 ± 22.7	0.33
Peritoneal fluid culture			0.017
Positive	15 (8.3)	3 (37.5)
Negative/not done	167 (91.7)	5 (62.5)
Postoperative complications			0.013
No	175 (96.2)	7 (87.5)
Wound infection	1 (0.5)	1 (12.5)
Collection	4 (2.2)	0
Nonsurgical	2 (1.1)	0
Fecolith			0.011
Yes	52 (28.5)	6 (75)
No	130 (71.5)	2 (25)
Pathology			0.795
No suppuration	39 (21.4)	1 (12.5)
Acute suppuration	123 (67.6)	5 (62.5)
Gangrenous	4 (2.2)	1 (12.5)
Perforated	1 (0.55)	1 (12.5)
Endometriosis	1 (0.55)	0
Carcinoid	2 (1.1)	0
Chronic appendicitis	10 (5.5)	0
Granulomatous	2 (1.1)	0
Abortion	0	0
30-day mortality	0	0

^aPearson’s chi-square test. SD: standard deviation; ASA score: American Society of Anesthesiologists score; CRP: C-reactive protein.