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Table 4 Effect of preoperative risk and time to surgery on postoperative complications

From: Impact of preoperative factors and waiting time on post-appendectomy complications: a retrospective study

Group

Time to surgery ≤12 h

Low risk (294)

Time to surgery ≤12 h

High risk (289)

Time to surgery > 12 h

Low risk (271)

Time to surgery > 12 h

High risk (273)

Overall complications

24 (8.16%)

34 (11.76%)

13 (4.80%)

46 (16.85%)

 Odds ratio (95%CI)

ref

1.5 (0.8656,2.5995)

0.567 (0.2826,1.1374)

2.2798 (1.3498,3.8505)

p-value

 

0.148

0.110

0.002

Surgical site infection

19 (6.46%)

21 (7.27%)

10 (3.69%)

30 (10.99%)

 Odds ratio (95%CI)

ref

1.1341 (0.5962,2.1573)

0.5546 (0.2532,1.2149)

1.7869 (0.9807,3.2559)

p-value

 

0.701

0.141

0.058