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Table 2 Outcomes of procedure

From: Comparison of laparoscope-assisted single-needle laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure versus open repair for pediatric inguinal hernia

 

OR (n = 961)

LPEC (n = 1098)

p value

Intraoperative laterals

  

< 0.01*

 Unilateral

887 (92.3%)

619 (56.4%)

 

 Bilateral

74 (7.7%)

479 (43.6%)

 

lateral ligation

1035

1577

 

Intraoperative cPPV

–

39% (396 /1014)

 

Surgical time (min, SD)

   

 Unilateral

15.4 ± 6.1

17.4 ± 4.7

0.178

 Bilateral

27.8 ± 5.9

22.3 ± 3.5

< 0.01*

  1. cPPV  contralateral patency processus vaginalis
  2. * p < 0.05 is statistically significant
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