• Justin T Huntington, Joseph J Lopez, Justin B Mahida, Erica J Ambeba, Lindsey Asti, Katherine J Deans, and Peter C Minneci.
• Division of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
• J. Pediatr. Surg. 2017 Jul 1; 52 (7): 1128-1131.

Background/PurposeThe objective of this study was to perform a comparative analysis of laparoscopic versus open Ladd's procedure on 30-day postoperative outcomes.MethodsAll elective Ladd's procedures performed on patients with intestinal malrotation in the 2013-2014 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric were identified. A propensity score-matched analysis was used to account for baseline differences between groups, and generalized estimating equations (GEEs) were used to compare 30-day outcomes between open versus laparoscopic groups.ResultsFifty-eight (18.6%) patients underwent laparoscopic Ladd's while 253 (81.4%) underwent an open technique. After propensity score matching, 53 laparoscopic cases (38.1%) and 86 open cases (61.9%) were identified and compared for outcomes. Total length of stay was shorter for the laparoscopic group compared to the open group (6 vs. 4days, p<0.001). Postoperative length of stay was shorter for the laparoscopic group as well (5 vs. 4days, p<0.001). Postoperative complications occurred in 5 laparoscopic cases (9.4%) and in 18 open cases (20.9%), but did not meet statistical significance (p=0.08). One laparoscopic patient (1.9%) and 8 open patients (9.3%) required hospitalization beyond 30days, but this also did not meet significance (p=0.08).ConclusionsIn a matched analysis, laparoscopic Ladd's led to shorter hospital stays than open Ladd's in the initial 30-day postoperative period. Short-term benefits of laparoscopic Ladd's lend support for using additional resources to perform multi-institutional studies to compare differences in long-term outcomes between laparoscopic and open Ladd's.Type Of StudyTherapeutic LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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