J Curr Surg

Journal of Current Surgery, ISSN 1927-1298 print, 1927-1301 online, Open Access

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Original Article

Volume 2, Number 1, February 2012, pages 11-16

Effect of Time in the Development of Perforated Appendicitis

Figure

Figure 1.WBC. WBC levels in Groups (Groups 1 to 3).

Tables

**Table 1.** Demographic Characteristics of the Patients
Age Group	Male (%)	Female (%)	All patients (%)
13 - 19	51 (63.0)	30 (37.0)	81 (100.0)
20 - 49	143 (58.1)	103 (41.9)	246 (100.0)
≥ 50	24 (66.7)	12 (33.3)	36 (100.0)
Total	218 (60.1)	145 (39.9)	363 (100.0)

**Table 2.** Demographic Characteristics of the Patients
Group	n	Age (years)	Gender (n%)
Group	n	Mean (± SD, min-max)	Male	Female
1	132	30.29 ± 12.80	64/48.4	68/51.6
2	186	29.31 ± 12.85	123/66.1	63/33.9
3	45	31.89 ± 17.20	31/68.8	14/31.2
Total	363	29.99	218/60.1	145/39.9

**Table 3.** Distribution of Age Gender Stratified Mean Duration of Pre-admission Symptom According to Level of Inflammation
Age	Acute		Phlegmonous		Perforated
Age	Male(n)Hour (n)	Female (n) Hour (n)	Male(n) Hour (n)	Female (n) Hour (n)	Male(n) Hour (n)	Female (n) Hour (n)
13 - 19	32.0 (12)	35.2 (15)	34.4 (30)	30.0 (12)	74.6 (9)	160.0 (3)
20 - 49	32.8 (46)	39.5 (48)	37.3 (79)	32.6 (47)	46.6 (18)	87.0 (8)
≥ 50	36.0 (6)	33.6 (5)	42.8 (14)	66.0 (4)	60.0 (4)	56.0 (3)
All	33.0 (64)	38.1 (68)	37.2 (123)	34.2 (63)	56.5 (31)	96.0 (14)

**Table 4.** WBC, Bilirubine, Distribution of Average Length and Dimension of Appendix
Group	WBC (± SD) P < 0.05	HGB (± SD, min-max) P > 0.05	Length of appendix (± SD , min-max) P > 0.05	Dimension of appendix (± SD , min-max) P < 0.05
1 (n = 132)	11.54 ( ± 3.28)	13.24 ( ± 1.7)	6.82 (± 1.59)	0.82 (± 0.42)
2 (n = 186)	12.37 ( ± 3.24)	13.38 ( ± 1.8)	6.91 (± 1.62)	1.04 (± 0.68)
3 (n = 45)	15.49 ( ± 3.75)	13.34 ( ± 1.5)	6.92 (± 1.53)	1.42 (± 0.67)

**Table 6.** Distribution of Pathology and USG
	Acuten (%)	Phlegmonous n (%)	Perforated n (%)	P
USG				0.715
Appendicitis (+)	59 (44.7)	87 (46.8)	25 (57.8)
Appendicitis (-)	73 (55.3)	99 (53.2)	19 (42.2)