Concomitant resection of Meckel diverticulum during laparoscopic appendectomy: Retrospective propensity-matched ACS-NSQIP study and a case report

Table 1 Clinical and utilization outcomes of appendectomy alone vs Meckel diverticulectomy with appendectomy

	Appendectomy alone (n = 460)	Meckel + appendectomy (n = 244)	P value
Age (years)	39.6 ± 16.9	38.9 ± 15.9
Operative time (mins)	53.4 ± 26.9	66.2 ± 28.5	< 0.001
Total hospital length of stay (days)	2.8 ± 3.7	4.1 ± 3.9	< 0.001
Re-operation, n (%)	5 (1.1)	7 (3.3)	0.072
30-day mortality, n (%)	1 (0.1)	0	1.000