Introduction
Materials and methods
Study design
Definitions [8]
Inclusion criteria
Statistical analysis
Ethics
Results
Period | PCPa | CLPa | PLPa | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ageb | 48.30 ± 18.95 | 51.53 ± 17.57 | 49.21 ± 18.62 | 0.330 |
Admissions | 195 (44.7%) | 117 (26.8%) | 124 (28.4%) | 0.009 |
Mortality rate | 7 (3.55%) | 7 (5.98%) | 4 (3.22%) | 0.378 |
30-day follow-up | 177 (89.8%) | 61 (52.1%) | 91 (73.4%) | 0.000 |
Average hospital stayb | 5.21 ± 5.62 | 5.99 ± 8.15 | 5.1 ± 4.53 | 0.455 |
Diagnosis on discharge | Period | % change in CLP | % change in PLP | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PCP | CLP | PLP | |||
Acute cholecystitis | 15 | 18 | 18 | 20.00% | 20.00% |
Acute appendicitis | 27 | 1 | 8 | − 96.30% | − 70.40% |
Acute pancreatitis | 5 | 0 | 4 | − 100.00% | − 20.00% |
Obstructive jaundice | 4 | 7 | 5 | 75.00% | 25.00% |
Intestinal obstruction | 8 | 3 | 1 | − 62.50% | − 87.50% |
Strangulated inguinal hernia | 3 | 0 | 2 | − 100.00% | − 33.30% |
Femoral hernia | 1 | 0 | 0 | − 100.00% | − 100.00% |
Perianal abscess | 10 | 4 | 3 | − 60.00% | − 70.00% |
Breast abscess | 0 | 0 | 2 | N/A | N/A |
Gluteal abscess | 3 | 0 | 1 | − 100.00% | − 66.70% |
Postoperative complications | 10 | 6 | 1 | − 40.00% | − 90.00% |
Perforated duodenal ulcer | 2 | 0 | 1 | − 100.00% | − 50.00% |
Hemorrhoids | 3 | 0 | 0 | − 100.00% | − 100.00% |
Burns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | − 100.00% |
Diverticulitis | 1 | 0 | 2 | − 100.00% | 100.00% |
Pneumothorax | 2 | 1 | 1 | − 50.00% | − 50.00% |
Pneumothorax with lung contusion | 1 | 0 | 1 | − 100.00% | 0.00% |
Foreign body aspiration | 1 | 0 | 1 | − 100.00% | 0.00% |
Thoracic empyema | 1 | 0 | 1 | − 100.00% | 0.00% |
Abdominal aortic aneurysm | 3 | 0 | 3 | − 100.00% | 0.00% |
Critical lower limb ischemia | 28 | 20 | 18 | − 28.60% | − 35.70% |
Toe gangrene | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0.00% | − 20.00% |
Infected permacath | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0.00% | − 75.00% |
Infected diabetic foot | 9 | 5 | 1 | − 44.40% | − 88.90% |
Cellulitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | − 66.70% | − 66.70% |
Infected toe | 1 | 0 | 0 | − 100.00% | − 100.00% |
SVC obstruction | 1 | 0 | 0 | − 100.00% | − 100.00% |
Carbuncle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | − 100.00% |
AV fistula thrombosis | 3 | 16 | 11 | 433.30% | 266.70% |
Stump wound infection | 2 | 0 | 0 | − 100.00% | − 100.00% |
Fournier gangrene | 1 | 0 | 0 | − 100.00% | − 100.00% |
Portal vein thrombosis | 1 | 0 | 1 | − 100.00% | 0.00% |
Wrist cut wound | 0 | 3 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Infected abdominal wound | 0 | 2 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Perineal fistula | 0 | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Common femoral artery thrombosis | 0 | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Sigmoid volvulus | 0 | 0 | 3 | N/A | N/A |
Circumferential ulcer | 0 | 0 | 2 | N/A | N/A |
others | 35 | 17 | 27 | − 51.40% | − 22.90% |
Total | 195 | 117 | 124 | − 40.00% | − 36.40% |
Operative (n = 333) | Conservative (n = 98) | P value | |
---|---|---|---|
Agea | 49.1 ± 18.3 | 51.5 ± 19.4 | 0.246 |
Period | 0.665 | ||
Pre-COVID Period | 147 (44.1%) | 48 (49.0%) | |
Complete lockdown period | 90 (27.0%) | 23 (23.5%) | |
Partial lockdown period | 96 (28.8%) | 27 (27.5%) | |
Mortality | 14 (4.2%) | 4 (4.1%) | 0.994 |
Length of staya | 5.6 ± 6.6 | 4.3 ± 2.7 | 0.005 |
30-day follow-up | 248 (74.5%) | 76 (77.6%) | 0.841 |