Impact of early or delayed elective resection in complicated diverticulitis

Table 3 Outcome of planned early and delayed elective resections for complicated diverticulitis (intention to treat analysis) n (%)

	Early elective resection(n = 272)	Planned for delayed elective resection1 (n = 149)	P value
Operation
Minimally invasive surgery	204 (75.0)	119 (79.9)	0.28
Open surgery	68 (25.0)	30 (20.1)
Procedure
Hartman	1 (0.4)	3 (2.0)	0.153
Protective stoma	17 (6.3)	13 (8.7)
Primary anastomosis without stoma	254 (93.4)	133 (89.3)
Surgical complications
Wound infection	30 (11.0)	16 (10.7)	0.92
Anastomotic leakage	14 (5.1)	8 (5.4)	1.0
Reoperation	22 (8.1)	12 (8.1)	1.0
Medical complications
Uriary tract infection	16 (5.9)	7 (4.7)	0.66
Pneumonia	9 (3.3)	5 (3.4)	1.0
Overall morbidity	41 (15.1)	23 (15.4)	0.92
Mortality	1 (0.4)	2 (1.3)	0.26
Socioeconomic data (mean ± SD)
Duration of hospital stay (d)	16.1 ± 9.0	14.2 ± 10.0	0.043
Duration of operation (min)	166.2 ± 44.2	148.9 ± 38.4	< 0.001
Duration of ICU stay (d)	0.64 ± 0.90	1.4 ± 4.0	0.004
Overall costs (€)	8423 ± 968	9941 ± 3563	< 0.001

¹It includes the eight patients who required emergency surgery during the period of 6-8 wk whilst awaiting elective surgery. ICU: Intensive care unit.