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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Single-port laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure for inguinal hernias repair in girls: using an epidural needle assisted by a towel forceps

Items

Open group

Laparoscopic group

P value

Age(y)

5.633ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.538

5.952ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.402

0.8366

(0.11ā€“15)

(1.08ā€“13)

Ā 

Cases

24

11

Ā 

Sides

29

16

Ā 

ā€ƒLeft

11

3

Ā 

ā€ƒRight

8

3

Ā 

ā€ƒBilateral

5

5

0.4793

Slidding

4

1

0.7831