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. 2010 Apr;20(3):271–276. doi: 10.1089/lap.2009.0150

Table 1.

Open and Thoracoscopic Repair of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Comparison of Patient and Hospitalization Characteristics

  Group 1: open repair Group 2: thoracoscopic repair P-valuea
Patients 17 14  
Sex M:F 10:7 12:2 0.132
Side L:R 16:1 13:1 0.999
Birthweight (kg) 3.2 (2.1–4) 2.9 (1–3.9) 0.256
Weight at operation (kg) 3.2 (2.1–4) 3.2 (2.1–4.7) 0.647
Age at operation (days) 3 (2–24) 3 (2–150) 0.807
Estimated gestational Age (weeks) 39 (37–41) 36.5 (29–40) 0.006
APGARs, 1 minute 7 (2–9) 5 (2–8) 0.063
APGARs, 5 minutes 8 (6–9) 8 (2–9) 0.385
Hospitalization      
Preoperative ICU LOS (days) 2 (1–7) 3 (0–9) 0.673
Ventilator time prior to operation (days) 2 (0–7) 3 (0–9) 0.944
Pulmonary hypertension (%) 7 (41) 11 (79) 0.067
a

Results are in medians and ranges, unless otherwise indicated; binomial variables were compared by using Fisher's exact test, and continuous variables were analyzed by using the two-sample Mann-Whitney test.

APGARs, Activity, Pulse, Grimace, Appearance, and Respiration scores; ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.