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
Diameter of PDA (mm)
3.5 (3.0–4.5)
4.0 (4.0–4.5)
0.69
Surgery time (min)
62 (54–76)
30 (27–33)
 < 0.001*
Length of hospital stay (days)
125(109–144)
124 (116–135)
0.98