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. 2020 Jul 3;23(4):329–345. doi: 10.5223/pghn.2020.23.4.329

Table 6. Characteristics of surgical interventions for childhood intussusception.

Variable Value p-value
Sex
Boys 2,268 (68.8) <0.001
Girls 1,027 (31.2)
Age (mo)
Total 17.4 (8.6–35.2)
Boys 19.0 (9.1–37.4) <0.001*
Girls 14.5 (7.8–29.3)
Primary surgery vs. surgery after enema failure 2,646 (75.8) <0.001
835 (23.9)
Laparotomy vs. laparoscopy 2,746 (78.9) <0.001
735 (21.1)
Bowel resection vs. non-bowel resection 648 (18.6) <0.001
2,833 (81.4)
Seasonal distribution <0.001
Spring 918 (26.4)
Summer 948 (27.2)
Autumn 849 (24.4)
Winter 766 (22.0)
Type of hospital
Tertiary hospital 1,829 (52.5) <0.001
General hospital 1,616 (46.4)
Hospital 36 (1.0)
Length of hospitalization (d) 6.0 (4–8)
Number of surgeries <0.001
1 3,124 (94.8)
2 161 (4.9)
≥3 10 (0.3)

Values are presented as number (%) or median (Interquartile range).

A total of 3,295 (10.8%) patients among 30,444 pediatric intussusception patients had 3,481 surgeries.

*The p-value of age between boys and girls was calculated using the Mann-Whitney U-test. Other p-values were calculated using the chi-square test.