Table 3.
Postoperative outcomes
| Overall (N = 41) |
Group A < 2000 g (N = 7) |
Group B > 2000 g (N = 34) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mechanical ventilation (days, mean ± SD) |
3.9 ± 3.9 | 6.7 ± 5.2 | 3.3 ± 3.4 | 0.03 |
|
Full oral feeding (days, mean ± SD) |
15.3 ± 7.0 | 17.2 ± 5.3 | 14.8 ± 7.3 | 0.41 |
|
Hospital stay (days, mean ± SD) |
37.9 ± 54 | 86.2 ± 99.3 | 27.9 ± 35.2 | 0.01 |
| Anastomosis leakage (%) | 5 (12) | 0 (0) | 5 (15) | 0.57 |
|
Strictures requiring balloon dilatation (%) |
16 (39) | 3 (43) | 13 (38) | 1.00 |
| Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) | 13 (32) | 4 (57) | 9 (26) | 0.18 |
| Fundoplication (%) | 10 (24) | 4 (57) | 6 (18) | 0.04 |
| Mortality (%) | 1 (2) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) | 0.171 |
SD standard deviation