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Table 1 Comparison of surgical complication rates between ASCI and PLI

From: Axillary skin crease incision versus conventional posterolateral incision in open repair of patent ductus arteriosus for extremely low birth weight infants: a retrospective study

ASCI (n = 19)

PLI (n = 12)

P value

6/19 (32%)

0/12 (0%)

0.037*

Post-clipping ductal bleeding (n = 3)

Left vocal cord paralysis (n = 3)

  1. ASCI Axillary skin crease incision, PLI Posterolateral incision
  2. *Statistically significant, P < 0.05