Age group Gender
≤3 years 3-10 years Male Female p
N 38 37   48 27  
Intra-operative assessment
Success of hemostasis n (%) 38 (100%) 37 (100%)   48 (100%) 27 (100%)  
Time to hemostasis (min) 3.84 (0.79) 4.27 (0.84) 0.026 3.98 (0.84) 4.19 (0.83) 0.309
Duration of operation (min) 22.39 (4.12) 18.70 (3.49) 0 20.42 (4.31) 40.85 (4.13) 0.671
Estimated blood loss (ml) 11.29 (4.82) 11.97 (3.97) 0.505 11.21 (4.39) 12.37 (4.41) 0.276
Ties, n (%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)   0 (0%) 0 (0%)  
Stitches, n (%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)   0% 0 (0%)  
Cautery, n (%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)   0 (0%) 0 (0%)  
Post-operative assessment
Time to return to normal diet (days) mean (SD) 2.03 (0.82) 2.19 (0.78) 0.381 2.10 (0.81) 2.11 (0.80) 0.971
Postoperative hemorrhage, n (%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)   0 (0%) 0 (0%)  
Postoperative complications, n (%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)   0 (0%) 0 (0%)  
Table 4: Intra-operative and post-operative assessment