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Published in final edited form as: Surg Endosc. 2014 Oct 8;29(6):1598–1604. doi: 10.1007/s00464-014-3849-3

Table 4. Intent-to-Treat Comparison of Patients Undergoing Open vs Laparoscopic Repair.

		Laparotomy	Laparoscopy	p value
Number of patients		13	9	-
Average Age (years)		41.2 ± 14.4	34.9 ± 9.5	0.2686
Pre-operative diagnosis of Malrotation n (%)		7 (53.8)	8 (88.9)	0.5630
ASA Class n (%)	1	0 (0)	5 (55.6)	0.0011 ^*
	2	6 (46.2)	4 (44.4)
	3	7 (53.8)	0 (0)
Average Operative Time (minutes)		200.5 ± 89.6	174.6 ± 69.7	0.4807
Average Estimated Blood Loss (cc)		99.2 ± 125.5	102.8 ± 191.6	0.9585
Average NG tube decompression (days)		5.7 ± 4.1	1.9 ± 2.7	0.0701
Average Length of Stay (days)		11.6 ± 8.1	5.0 ± 2.5	0.0148 ^*
Need for Re-Operation n(%)		2 (15.4)	1 (11.1)	1.00

Significant at p < 0.05