Table 1 Patients’ characteristics
All | Women | Men | |
|---|---|---|---|
All patients | 829 | 483 | 346 |
Age - median, interquartile range (range) | 32, 25–47 (16–97) | 31, 24–47 (16–97) | 33, 26–47 (16–83) |
Operative treatment | 506 (61.0%) | 272 (56.3%) | 234 (67.6%) |
Patients with appendicitis | 392 (47.3) | 185 (38.3) | 207 (59.8) |
Complicated appendicitis | 94 (24.0) | 50 (27.0) | 44 (21.3) |
Non-appendicitis patients | 437 (52.7) | 298 (61.7) | 139 (40.1) |
Operated on for suspected appendicitis | 88 | 67 | 21 |
Therapeutic operation* | 8 (1.8) | 7 (2.3) | 1 (0.7) |
Operated on for other indications | 29 (6.6) | 21 (7.0) | 8 (5.8) |
Non-operative management | 320 (73.2) | 210 (70.5) | 110 (79.1) |