Table 2 Differences in surgery time and complications between two- and three-trocar laparoscopic appendectomies

Surgery time all included (min)

47 ± 16

66 ± 22

<0.001^e

Surgery time with negative appendectomies and patients with surgical complications excluded (min)

46 ± 16

65 ± 20

<0.001^e

 Excluded patients

23 (25)

26 (15)

Surgery time > 60 min

12 (13)

86 (51)

<0.001^d

Surgery time in patients with surgical complications (min)

46 ± 1

81 ± 20

0.003^e

 Included patients

7 (8)

2 (1)

Number of surgical complications

2^a (2)

7^b (4)

0.501^d

Number of postoperative complications

0 (0)

8^c (5)

0.054^d

Wound infection

1 (1)

1 (1)

1.000^d