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.