Variables

Age (in years)

1 - 6 years

6 - 9 years

9 - 13 years

P-value (Kruskal-Wallis test)

Mean

Std.

deviation

Mean

Std.

deviation

Mean

Std.

deviation

Body surface area (m²)

0.56

0.10

0.78

0.24

1.08

0.13

0.000

Total difficulty score

5.70

1.06

5.40

0.97

5.60

0.84

0.815

Duration of capnoperitoneum (minutes)

49.00

10.75

52.50

8.58

49.00

10.22

0.414

Postop increase in serum CRP (mg/L)

43.16

6.60

41.94

8.68

39.31

7.56

0.517

Postop increase in blood glucose (mg/dl)

58.70

14.61

57.40

13.99

58.00

13.51

0.988

Time to full orals (hours)

25.80

2.20

25.80

3.46

25.00

3.80

0.795

Postop hospital stay (days)

2.60

0.52

2.40

0.52

2.50

0.53

0.679