Table 1.

Outreach laparoscopic general paediatric surgery procedures performed in a single district general hospital by paediatric surgeons from one tertiary centre between 2004 and 2014

Procedure	n	Median age at operation (years)
Laparoscopy assisted insertion of PEG	49	5.17 (IQR: 2.42–11.58)
EUA, laparoscopy, fixation of contralateral testis	41	1.50 (IQR: 1.17–2.25)
Single stage laparoscopic orchidopexy	15	2.17 (IQR: 1.59–5.00)
First stage Fowler–Stephens orchidopexy	11	1.75 (IQR: 1.38–4.46)
Second stage Fowler–Stephens orchidopexy	7	3.75 (IQR: 3.38–9.46)
Other laparoscopy for UDT	5	–

EUA = examination under anaesthesia; IQR = interquartile range; PEG = percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; UDT = undescended testes