Research Article
A Modern Cohort of Duodenal Obstruction Patients: Predictors of Delayed Transition to Full Enteral Nutrition
Table 1
Patients’ characteristics with duodenal obstruction (
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| Characteristic | Median | IQR | Range |
| Age at surgery, d | 5 | 2–12 | 0–730 | Gestational age, weeks | 37 | 35–39 | 25–42 | Birth weight, grams | 2680 | 2145–3200 | 737–7000 | Apgar score 1-minute | 8 | 7-8 | 0–9 | Apgar score 5-minutes | 8 | 8-9 | 5–10 |
| | Number | Percentage | |
| Gender | | | | Female | 45 | 52% | | Duodenal anatomy | | | | Web | 21 | 24% | | Stenosis | 11 | 13% | | Atresia | 55 | 63% | | Proximal bowel dilation | 16 | 19% | | Technique of primary surgical Repair | | | | Duodenoduodenostomies | 58 | 68% | | Duodenojejunostomies | 6 | 7% | | Gastroduodenostomy | 1 | 1% | | Duodenoplasty | 15 | 17% | | Web excision | 6 | 7% | | Feeding tube | 13 | 15% | | Intestinal malrotation | 27 | 31% | | Annular pancreas | 17 | 20% | | Congenital heart disease | 48 | 55% | | Down’s syndrome | 33 | 38% | | Imperforate anus | 3 | 3% | | Hirschsprung’s disease | 1 | 1% | | EA/TEF | 5 | 6% | |
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EA/TEF = esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula. IQR = interquartile range.
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