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Table. 1 Comparison of background and perioperative factors between the conventional management group and tube management groups

From: Feasibility of home and hospital colorectal irrigation with continuous tube placement for Hirschsprung’s disease in neonates and infants: a comparative retrospective study

 

Conventional (n = 6)

Colorectal irrigation (n = 16)

p value

Sex (F:M)

2:4

2:14

0.292

Gestational age (weeks)

38.9 [37, 41]

38.5 [36.1, 41.1]

0.867

Birth weight (kg)

2.93 [2.44, 3.59]

2.25 [2.25, 4.09]

0.843

Cardiac malformations

1 (17%)

3 (19%)

1.0

Trisomy 21

1 (17%)

3 (19%)

1.0

Type of HD (short: long)

6:0

13:3

0.533

Preoperative enterocolitis

2 (33%)

6 (38%)

1.0

Interval from biopsy to surgery (days)

14.5 [6, 36]

15.5 [6, 31]

0.617

Age at radical surgery (days)

48 [20, 86]

44.5 [18, 104]

0.913

Weight at radical surgery (kg)

4.4 [2.8, 5.2]

4.0 [2.9, 5.6]

0.546

Surgical time (min)

221 [162, 289]

293 [145, 487]

0.0684

Postoperative stenosis

1 (17%)

2 (13%)

1.0

Postoperative enterocolitis

1 (17%)

6 (38%)

0.616

  1. Data are presented as frequency (%) for qualitative parameters and median [range] for continuous parameters. Statistical significance was determined as p < 0.05
  2. F female, M male, HD Hirschsprung’s disease