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. 2016 Nov 2;33(1):85–90. doi: 10.1007/s00383-016-4001-3

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Fig. 4 — A staple diagram showing the distribution of the number of days using the gastrostomy, divided into two groups based on the removal method, spontaneous closure or gastroraphy (n = 41, 14% of 303) after a median postoperative observation period of 5 (range 2–9) years. The median duration of the retention of the gastrostomy button was 3.5 years (range 1 month to 8.1 years) for children requiring gastroraphy and 2.5 years (range 5 months to 4.7 years) for children with spontaneous closure (P = 0.01)