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Table 1 Clinical data of pediatric patients

From: The role of preserved bowel and mesentery fixation in apple-peel intestinal atresia

n = 42

Partial apple-peel atresiaa (n = 9)

Total apple-peel atresiab (n = 6)

Common apple-peel atresiac (n = 27)

Gestational age (weeks)

33(31–35)

33(32–35)

33(31–35)

Birth weight (grams)

2001(1570–2410)

1864(1580–2270)

2418(1580–2970)

Operative time (minutes)

89(65–120)

92(60–120)

87(60–120)

Enteral nutrition time (days)

47(0–131)

67(0–118)

46(5–101)

Parenteral nutrition time (days)

59(3–128)

70(6–132)

51(15–110)

Length of hospital stay (days)

71(3–132)

92(3–143)

74(15–129)

Outcome (cured n, n%)

8(88.9%)

5(83.3%)

26(96.3%)

  1. aPartial apple-peel atresia: This type of apple-peel atresia refers to the malformed bowel that cannot be completely removed. The length of the normal small intestine is less than 60 cm, and most of the malformed intestinal bowel needs to be preserved
  2. bTotal apple-peel atresia: This type of apple-peel atresia refers to the malformed bowel, and all of the intestines and the ileocecal region are in a mobilized state. There is no normal small bowel. The whole length of the atresic bowel was supplied by only one blood vessel, and the whole malformed intestinal could not be resectioned
  3. cCommon apple-peel atresia: This type of apple-peel atresia refers to a malformed bowel that can be completely resected, with the remaining normal small bowel length being longer than 60 cm