Table 1 |
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Demographic and clinical details |
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| Group 1 |
Group 2 |
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| Period |
January–March |
August–October |
p |
Test |
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|
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| Number of patients (n) |
36 |
31 |
- |
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|
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| Males (n) |
27 |
17 |
0.08 |
Fisher's exact |
|
|
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| Age (mean;95% CI) |
20.7 (16.6;24.7) |
25 (19;31) |
0.36 |
Mann-Whitney U |
|
|
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| Perioperative antibiotics (n) |
15 |
15 |
0.63 |
Fisher's exact |
|
|
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| Complications (n) |
4 |
0 |
0.12 |
Fisher's exact |
|
|
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| Confirmed appendicitis |
33 |
28 |
1 |
Fisher's exact |
|
|
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| Appendix histology* |
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| Normal |
3 |
4 |
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| Inflammed |
19 |
20 |
0.07 |
Fisher's exact |
| Necrosed |
11 |
2 |
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| Perforated |
3 |
5 |
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Partelli et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2009 4:22 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-4-22 |
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