Does Number of Ports Affect Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy? Retrospective Chart-Review Study

Table 1

	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5	Patient 6	Patient 7
Duration of symptoms (d)	2	15	3	7	7	10	4
Family history	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	+ve
Preoperative weight (kg)	3	4.5	4.6	4	4	3	5.4
Pylorus length (mm)	17 × 10	24 × 3	25 × 5	25 × 7	15 × 4	NA	18 × 19
Serum electrolytes (mmol/L) Before operation
Chloride	132	104	87	84	85	87	104
Sodium	—	141	137	136	136	137	137
Bicarb.	28	30	29	32	38	22	—
Number of working ports	3	2	3	2	3	3	3
Conversion to open	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve
Postoperative complications	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve
Postoperative vomiting	−ve	+ve	−ve	+ve	−ve	+ve	−ve
Revision pyloromyotomy	−ve	+ve	−ve	+ve	−ve	−ve	−ve
Duration of surgery (min)	35	35	50	—	30	40	30
Duration of anesthesia (min)	65	55	85	80	50	50	65
Time to full feeding (h)	96	96	48	168	22	46	21
Postoperative length of hospital stay (d)	4	4.5	2.5	9	1	3	1
Wound infection	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve
Wound dehiscence	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve