Clinical and computed tomography findings of appendiceal diverticulitis vs acute appendicitis

Table 2 Comparison of intra- and post-operative factor between appendiceal diverticulitis and acute appendicitis

Variable	Appendiceal diverticulitis (n = 44)		Acute appendicitis (n =398)
	Median	Range	Median	Range	P value
Operating times (min)	77	33-165	55	15-172	< 0.0012
Inoperative blood loss (mL)	60	10-970	20	10-650	< 0.0012
Postoperative hospital stay (d)	8	4-38	5	2-48	< 0.0012
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Ileocecal resection (yes/total)	6	13%	10	2%	0.0081
Skin incision (pararectal incision/total)	35	79%	143	36%	0.121
Formation of localized abscess (yes/total)	26	60%	60	15%	< 0.0011
Perforation (yes/total)	32	72%	123	31%	< 0.0011
Postoperative wound infection (yes/total)	7	15%	32	8%	0.121
Postoperative ileus (yes/total)	3	8%	16	4%	0.301

¹Fisher's exact test;

²Wilcoxon signed-rank test.