Wound Dehiscence after Posterior Sagittal Anorectoplasty in Children with Anorectal Malformations

Table 3

Demographical factors for wound dehiscence in 90 patients reconstructed with PSARP, limited PSARP, or PSARVUP.

	Wound dehiscence	No wound dehiscence	P value^∗
Total	28	62
Gender female	11 (39)	26 (42)	1
SGA n=80^∗∗∗	7 (28)	16 (29)	0.92
Cardiac malformation n=84^∗∗∗	9 (33)	19 (33)	1
VACTERL association	6 (21)	18 (29)	0.608
Weight at surgery (g) n=62^∗∗∗	3800	5000	0.327^∗∗
	(2200-9400)	(1600-14000)
Colostomy	11 (39)	39 (63)	0.043

Values presented as the absolute number and percentage of patients, n (%), and as median (min–max); PSARP: posterior sagittal anorectoplasty, PSARVUP: posterior sagittal anorectal vaginal urethroplasty; SGA: small for gestational age; ^∗Fisher’s exact test two-tailed, ^∗∗Mann-Whitney U-test two-tailed; ^∗∗∗number of patients with available data.