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Table 6 Comparison of surgical outcomes between ASCI without surgical complications 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 without surgical complications (n = 13)

PLI (n = 12)

P value

Diameter of PDA (mm)

4.0 (3.0–4.8)

4.0 (4.0–4.5)

0.55

Surgery time (min)

62 (46–73)

30 (27–33)

 < 0.001*

Length of hospital stay (days)

129 (118–153)

124 (116–135)

0.38

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