Drainage vs no drainage in secondary peritonitis with sepsis following complicated appendicitis in adults in the modern era of antibiotics

Table 2 Postoperative status of the patients n (%)

Post operative outcome	Drainage cohort(n = 88)	Non-drainage cohort(n = 121)
Hospital stay1	6.5 (4-8)	4.0 (3-8)
Antibiotic use (parenteral)1	5.0 (4-9)	3.5 (3-6)
Regular analgesic use1	5.0 (4-9)	3.5 (3-6)
Paralytic ileus1 (passing of flatus)	2.5 (1-5)	2.0 (1-4)
Major wound infection	14.0 (15.9)	22.0 (18.18)
Residual intra-abdominal collection	7.0 (8)	13.0 (10.74)
Subacute intestinal obstruction	3.0 (3.4)	5.0 (4.13)
Faecal fistula	1.0 (1.1)	-
Incisional hernia	2.0 (2.2)	2.0 (1.6)
Mortality	1.0 (0.82)

¹Are expressed as median (d).P> 0.05 (insignificant).