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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Jun;46(6):1158–1164. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.03.050

Table 2.

Recurrence of CDH by operative approach

Total Recurrence (%)a Days to recurrence
Open 4239 114 (2.6%)b 105.2 ± 85.4
Abdominal 4012 106 (2.6%) 106.5 ± 85.1
Thoracic 167 7 (4.2%) 73.5 ± 110.5
Both 60 1 (1.7%) 111
MIS 151 12 (7.9%)b 68.4 ± 85.4
Laparoscopic 26 1 (3.8%) 14
Thoracoscopic 125 11 (8.8%) 73.4 ± 84.1
a

% per operative approach

b

overall open versus MIS, p < 0.05