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Table 5 Comparison between closure type for Gastroschisis

From: Differences in attitudes to feeding post repair of Gastroschisis and development of a standardized feeding protocol

Type of Closure

GA (weeks)

BW (gm)

Length of Stay (Days)

TPN (Days)

CVL (Days)

Start feeds post-op (Days to)

Achieve full feeds (Days)

First suck feed post-op (Days to)

Achieve full suck feeds (Days to)

Primary repair

Median

36

2355

20.05

18

18

3.5

17

15

9

N

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

9*

9*

Std. Deviation

1.687

635.04

10.83

9.38

8.87

1.75

8.46

5.38

7.67

Staged Silo

Median

36

2300

54

31

28

13

16

23

14

N

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

Std. Deviation

1.82

704.19

62.43

35.5

15.16

12.63

13.36

13.16

9.12

  1. *One infant returned to birth hospital before suck feeds established