Table 1.
Patients’ details
| CUI (n = 25) | TI (n = 45) | p value | |
| Baseline characteristics | |||
| Gestational age at birth a | 36w2d
(34w5d–37w5d) |
36w3d
(35w1d–38w4d) |
0.583 |
| Weight at birth, kg a | 2.6 (2.2–3.1) | 2.6 (2.2–2.9) | 0.565 |
| Age at surgery, day a | 1 (0–1) | 1 (0–3) | 0.583 |
| Weight at surgery, kg a | 2.6 (2.2–3.0) | 2.7 (2.2–2.9) | 0.704 |
| Male, n (%) | 9 (36%) | 26 (58%) | 0.134 |
| Pre-operative WBC, ×103/μL a | 15.3 (13.9–17.6) | 12.1 (9.2–17.0) | 0.020* |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Intestinal atresia, n (%) | 25 (100%) | 33 (73%) | 0.003* |
| Type of intestinal atresia (I/II/IIIa/IIIb/IV) | 12/2/7/1/3 | 9/9/8/4/3 | |
| Meconium peritonitis, n (%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (27%) | 0.003* |
| Operation characteristics, n (%) | |||
| FEEA | 21 (84%) | 5 (11%) | < 0.001* |
| The common opening closed by hand-sewn | 4 (16%) | Not applicable | |
| Small bowel resection with anastomosis | 25 (100%) | 43 (96%) | 0.534 |
| Membranectomy with anastomosis | 0 (0%) | 2 (4%) | 0.534 |
| Tapering | 2 (8%) | 8 (18%) | 0.314 |
a Median (interquartile range)
* Significant difference
FEEA: functional end-to-end anastomosis