Table 3

Major types of surgeries during the reference and the pandemic period

Name of surgery20192020
Frequency (% of total surgeries, n=976)Frequency (% of total surgeries, n=438)
Open appendectomy88 (9.1)60 (13.7)
Herniotomy64 (6.6)6 (1.4)
Circumcision60 (6.2)3 (0.7)
Laparotomies57 (5.9)77 (17.6)
Excisions42 (4.3)4 (0.9)
Urethroplasty31 (3.2)4 (0.9)
Colostomy27 (2.8)34 (7.8)
Pyloromyotomy21 (2.2)3 (0.7)
Anoplasty21 (2.2)6 (1.4)
Laparoscopic appendectomy20 (2.1)3 (0.7)