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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Umbilical two-port laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure for patent processus vaginalis in boys: incision-hiding and solo-like surgery

Items

Open group

Laparoscopic group

P value

Age (year)

3.677ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.327 (1.83ā€“10)

5.409ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.283 (1.5ā€“12)

0.1694

Cases

15

10

Ā 

Sides

17

13

Ā 

Ā Left

4

3

Ā 

Ā Right

9

4

Ā 

Ā Bilateral

2

3

0.3577