Table 2 Statistical association between intervention-related variables and outcome variables

Variable

General anesthesia

(n = 46)

Local anesthesia

(n = 39)

p

Duration of antibiotics

in days, mean ± SD

11.43 ± 4.37

10.94 ± 5.06

0.659

Hospital stay

in days, mean ± SD

7.52 ± 4.49

7.10 ± 5.10

0.688

Drain duration

in days, mean ± SD

2.84 ± 0.97

3.84 ± 2.36

0.055

Complications

n (%)

5 (10.9)

4 (10.3)

0.927

Recurrence

n (%)

3 (6.8)

1 (3.0)

0.459

US needle-aspiration

(n = 6)

Surgical incision

(n = 79)

p

Duration of antibiotics

in days, mean ± SD

13.16 ± 8.88

11 ± 4.3

0.584

Hospital stay

in days, mean ± SD

11.5 ± 9.39

7.01 ± 4.15

0.297

Drain duration

in days, mean ± SD

3.0 ± 1.41

3.31 ± 1.82

0.743

Complications

n (%)

1 (16.7)

8 (10.1)

0.616

Recurrence

n (%)

1 (16.7)

3 (4.2)

0.187

Drain

(n = 77)

No drain

(n = 2)

p

Duration of antibiotics

in days, mean ± SD

11.41 ± 4.74

8.25 ± 2.75

0.192

Hospital stay

in days, mean ± SD

7.73 ± 4.68

2.17 ± 2.86

0.005

Complications

n (%)

9 (11.5)

0 (0.0)

0.379

Recurrence

n (%)

3 (4.3)

0 (0.0)

0.605