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. 2017 Mar 14;17:71. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0826-8

Table 2.

Characteristics of IDRF-negative patients who underwent laparotomy or laparoscopic tumor resection

Laparotomy (n = 9) Laparoscopic surgery (n = 7) p
Risk Low/intermediate 3 (33%) High 6 (67%) Low/intermediate 2 (29%) High 5 (71%) 0.838
Surgery total removal 9 (100%) total removal 7 (100%)
Age (month) a 12 [9.5–48] 28 [23–51] 0.143
Sex male 6 (67%) female 3 (33%) male 3 (43%) female 4 (57%) 0.615
Body weight (kg) a 8.65 [8.09–15.2] 11.8 [10.3–14.9] 0.143
Kaup index a 15.32 [13.87–16.65] 15.67 [15.51–16.45] 0.626
MYCN amplified amplified 2 (22%), single copy 2 (22%), unknown 5 (56%) amplified 2 (29%), single copy 2 (29%), unknown 3 (43%) 0.771
VMA (mg/gCr) a 11.1 [9.6–17.0] 9.1 [7.8–19.8] 0.805
HVA (mg/gCr) a 21 [17.7–30.3] 18.2 [11.2–30.4] 0.805
NSE (ng/mL) a 9.6 [8.0–29.4] 19.3 [12.4–21.0] 0.326
Largest tumor dimension at surgery (cm) a 3.3 [2.9–4.1] 3.6 [2.7–5.0] 0.626
Duration of surgery (min) a 221 [130–304] 172 [122–253] 0.626
Loss of blood volume (mL/kg) a 5 [2.6–16] 2.1 [0.1–4.0] 0.037 b
Time to start postoperative feeding (days) a 4 [2–5] 3 [2–3] 0.023 b
Locoregional recurrence (1 year) 22% 0% 0.475
Progression-free survival (1 year) 78% 100% 0.414
Overall survival (1 year) 67% 100% 0.231
Follow up (months) a 81 [52–94] 21 [17–28]

IDRF image-defined risk factor, MYCN N-myc proto-oncogene protein, VMA vanillylmandelic acid, HVA homovanillic acid, NSE neuron-specific enolase

aMedian [Interquartile range] bSignificant differences