Table 2 Participant's characteristics
Variable | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
Mean, SD | 40.61(± 15.74) | |
Sex | ||
Male | 103 | 68.2 |
Female | 48 | 31.8 |
Presence of comorbidity | ||
Yes | 17 | 11.3 |
No | 134 | 88.7 |
Specify comorbidities (n = 17) | ||
Hypertension | 7 | 4.6 |
HIV | 5 | 3.3 |
Diabetes mellitus only | 2 | 1.3 |
Hypertension + diabetes | 2 | 1.3 |
Liver cirrhosis | 1 | 0.7 |
Clinical characteristics | ||
Category of operation | ||
Emergency | 108 | 71.5 |
Elective | 43 | 28.5 |
Cadre of primary surgeon | ||
Resident | 107 | 70.9 |
Emergency | 103 | 96.3 |
Elective | 4 | 3.7 |
Specialist | 44 | 29.1 |
Emergency | 5 | 11.4 |
Elective | 39 | 88.6 |
Intra-operative diagnosis | ||
Gastrointestinal perforation | 47 | 31.1 |
Gut obstruction | 41 | 27.2 |
Intraabdominal malignancy | 14 | 9.3 |
Inflammatory disorder | 18 | 11.9 |
Others | 31 | 20.5 |
Duration of surgery (median minutes/IQR) | 125 | 90–180 |
≤ 120 min | 59 | 39.1 |
> 120 min | 75 | 49.7 |