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Table 3 Baseline data between the laparoscopic and open surgery groups at various ages

From: The timing of minimally invasive surgery for prenatally diagnosed choledochal cysts

Age at surgery

Group

≤ 2 Months (n = 42)

> 2 months(n = 31)

Laparoscopic(n = 23)

Open(n = 19)

p

Laparoscopic(n = 21)

Open(n = 10)

p

Sex(Male/Female, n)

4/19

10/9

0.016

1/20

2/8

0.237

Age at surgery (d, M[p25,p75])

41.0[30.0,48.0]

32.0[14.0,42.0]

0.079

98.0[75.5,116.5]

120.0[110.0,138.9]

0.554

Weight at surgery (kg, M[p25,p75])

4.40[3.50,4.70]

4.00[3.60,4.40]

0.456

6.90[6.00,8.46]

7.60[6.00,8.08]

0.512

Preoperative ALT(U/L, M[p25,p75])

19.0[13.0,27.0]

15.0[10.0,16.0]

0.013

45.0[34.0,97.5]

40.5[23.5,68.0]

0.352

Preoperative AST(U/L, M[p25,p75])

32.0[23.0,41.0]

30.0[25.0,48.0]

0.714

55.0[37.0,102.0]

53.0[39.3,94.0]

0.866

Preoperative γ-GT(U/L, M[p25,p75])

229.0[105.0,542.0]

306.0[124.0,665.0]

0.397

49.0[28.5,300.0]

53.0[29.0,521.8]

0.704

Preoperative DBIL(umol/L, M[p25,p75])

13.40[7.55,25.92]

12.60[10.27,20.32]

0.714

4.31[2.17,8.12]

3.61[2.54,26.58]

0.800

Cholestasis before surgery(Yes/No, n)

7/16

6/13

0.936

3/18

3/7

0.358

  1. Mann‒Whitney U tests and Pearson chi-square tests were used. M indicates the median