Skip to main content

Table 2 Relationships between postoperative complications and appendectomy type in patients with acute appendicitis

From: Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio may contribute to the prediction of postoperative infectious complications in patients with acute appendicitis: a retrospective study

C−D grade ≥ II

Total n = 181

Open appendectomy n = 31

Laparoscopic appendectomy n = 150

p valueb

All complications

28 (15.5%)

14 (45.2%)

14 (9.3%)

 < 0.001a

Infectious complications

17 ( 9.4%)

9 (29.0%)

8 (5.3%)

 < 0.001a

Intra-abdominal abscess

11 ( 6.1%)

5 (16.1%)

6 (4.0%)

0.023a

Wound infection

4 (2.2%)

4 (12.9%)

0 (0.0%)

 < 0.001a

Cholangitis

1 (0.6%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.7%)

1.000

Enteritis

1 (0.6%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.7%)

1.000

Noninfectious complications

11 (6.1%)

5 (16.1%)

6 (4.0%)

0.023a

Paralytic ileus

11 (6.1%)

5 (16.1%)

6 (4.0%)

0.023a

  1. Data are presented as n (%). C-D, Clavien-Dindo classification
  2. aStatistically significant after false discovery rate correction. bFisher’s exact test