Outcomes of laparoscopic and open surgery in children with and without congenital heart disease
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David I. Chu, Jonathan M. Tan, Peter Mattei, Allan F. Simpao, Andrew T. Costarino, Aseem R. Shukla, Joseph W. Rossano, Gregory E. Tasian
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Abstract
Background
Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) often require noncardiac surgery. We compared outcomes following open and laparoscopic intraabdominal surgery among children with and without CHD.
Methods
We performed a retrospective cohort study using the 2013–2015 National Surgical Quality Improvement Project-Pediatrics. We matched 45,012 children
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