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Table 4 Comparison of HSCR patients with or without postoperative HAEC

From: Risk factors for Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis following Soave: a retrospective study over a decade

Factors

Postoperative HAEC (n = 30)

Without postoperative HAEC (n = 115)

P-value

OR [95% Cl]

Male sex

 Male

24 (80.0)

97 (84.3)

0.585

0.7 [0.3, 2.1]

 Female

6 (20.0)

18 (15.7)

Gestational age

 Preterm (< 37 weeks)

1 (3.3)

4 (3.5)

 > 0.999

1.0 [0.1, 8.9]

 Term (≥ 37 weeks)

29 (96.7)

111 (96.5)

Age at diagnosis (months)

12 [1.0, 38.0]

15 [7.0, 45.5]

0.503

 

Age at radical surgery (months)

25 [8.3, 38.8]

19 [10.0, 48.0]

0.736

 

Weight at birth (kg)

3.4 [3.0, 3.6]

3.3 [3.0, 3.6]

0.392

 

Weight at radical surgery (kg)

12.5 [8.3, 38.8]

19 [10.0, 48.0]

0.842

 

Congenital malformation

 Yes

3 (10.0)

8 (7.0)

0.698

1.5 [0.4, 6.0]

 No

27 (90.0)

107 (93.0)

Length of aganglionosisa

 Short

19 (63.3)

97 (84.3)

0.019

3.1 [1.3, 7.6]

 Long

11 (36.7)

18 (15.7)

Preoperative HAEC

 Yes

15 (50.0)

20 (17.4)

 < 0.001

4.8 [2.0, 11.3]

 No

15 (50.0)

95 (82.6)

Surgical approach

 TERPT

13 (43.3)

79 (68.7)

0.013

2.8 [1.2, 6.3]

 LERPT

17 (56.7)

37 (32.2)

Temporary ostomy

 Yes

3 (10.0)

6 (5.2)

0.393

2.0 [0.5, 8.6]

 No

27 (90.0)

109 (94.8)

  1. Data are presented as frequency (%) for qualitative variables and median [IQR] for continuous variables
  2. Length of aganglionosisa: Long = longer than rectosigmoid, total colonic forms included (total colonic forms n = 9)