Factors affecting the length of hospital stay after laparoscopic appendectomy: A single center study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to explore factors may affect the length of hospital stay after laparoscopic appendectomy.

Methods

The data of 636 patients undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy between July 2016 and July 2019 in Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into group A (hospital stay ≤3 days, 348 patients) and group B (hospital stay >3 days, 288 patients) according to their hospital stay.Sex, age, disease onset time(time from onset to admission), nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, peritonitis, comorbidities, and history of appendicitis; preoperative body temperature (T), white blood cell (WBC) count, percentage of neutrophilic granulocytes, and preoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) level; time from diagnosis to surgery. appendix

SUBMITTER: Zhang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7725291 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature