Appendicostomy in Preschool Children with Anorectal Malformation: Successful Early Bowel Management with a High Frequency of Minor Complications

Table 1

Description of all the children (1–12 years) and the studied group (1–6 years) with appendicostomy.

	Number	Years median; (range)
Children operated on with appendicostomy; 0–12 years old	21
Age at the appendicostomy operation		4 (1–12)
Children operated on with appendicostomy; 1–6 years old	17; 6 females, 11 males
Age at the appendicostomy operation		4 (1–6)
Observation time after the operation	17	5 (0.5–14)
Age at the follow-up	17	8 (1–19)
Method used
Laparotomy	4
Laparoscopy	13