an increasing trendP =0.06
In acute appendicitis, DTO showed an increasing trend from 181.2 (± 66.6) min to 208.9 (± 137.3) min without statistical significance ( P =0.06) whereas hospital stay decreased from 3.5 (± 3.5) days to 3.1 (± 1.9) days ( P =0.33) which was not statistically significant.