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Table. 2 Comparison of background and perioperative factors between the non-HCI and HCI 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

 

Non-HCI (n = 9)

HCI (n = 7)

p value

Sex (F:M)

1:6

1:8

0.849

Gestational age (weeks)

39 [38, 40.9]

38 [36.6, 41.1]

0.183

Birth weight (kg)

3.21 [2.25, 4.06]

2.95 [2.44, 3.42]

0.669

Cardiac malformations

1 (14%)

2 (22%)

0.0833

Trisomy 21

0 (0%)

3 (33%)

-

Type of HD (short: long)

6:1

7:2

0.687

Preoperative enterocolitis

4 (44%)

2 (29%)

0.633

Interval from biopsy to surgery (days)

15 [8, 20]

21 [6, 31]

0.248

Age at radical surgery (days)

34 [18, 49]

56 [44, 105]

0.0267*

Weight at radical surgery (kg)

3.8 [2.9, 4.6]

4.5 [3.6, 5.6]

0.0377*

Surgical time (min)

297 [236, 487]

248 [145, 412]

0.234

Postoperative stenosis

2 (22%)

0 (0%)

-

Postoperative enterocolitis

2 (22%)

4 (57%)

0.152

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