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Table 1 Clinical and procedural parameters of pediatric patients who underwent different types of emergency laparoscopic surgery at our institution

From: Role of laparoscopy in non-trauma emergency pediatric surgery: a 5-year, single center experience a retrospective descriptive study with literature review

Procedure

Number of cases

Age at operation

Number (%) of Conversions to open surgery

Operation time (min): Mean ± SEM

Mean postoperative Hospital stay (days)

Number (%) of complications

Appendectomy

221

10.0 ± 2.7 years

7 (3.7%)

75.5 ± 35.1

3.2 ± 1.2

3 (1.5%)

Ovarian Cystectomy

12

18.9 days (+ one patient 12 years)

0 (0%)

69.6 ± 23

4.75

0 (0%)

Adhesiolysis

8

1.7 months

2 (25%)

98.8

26.1

0 (0%)

Reduction of Intussusception

5

4 months

3 (60%)

66.0

3.0

0 (0%)

Pyloromyotomy

7

59.2 days

0 (0%)

31.0

4.6

1 (0.1%)

Cholecystectomy

4

11 years

0 (0%)

55.0

2.8

0 (0%)

Other

4

18.2 months

2 (50%)

81.3

23.5

0 (0%)