Percutaneous achillotomy in the treatment of congenital clubfoot: should it be performed in the operating theater or the polyclinic?

Table 3 Hospitalization-observation, separation from mother, fasting periods, operative and casting time in the groups

		Duration of hospitalization and observation (h)						Mann-Whitney U test
		n	Mean	Median	Minimum	Maximum	SD	Mann-Whitney U test
Groups	Local anesthesia	32	1.41	1.00	.75	11.00	1.77	16.50	− 6.44	0.0001
Groups	General anesthesia	25	26.13	24.00	19.00	60.00	9.17	44.50	− 6.44	0.0001
		Duration of separation of the infant from the mother (min)						Mann-Whitney U test
		n	Mean	Median	Minimum	Maximum	SD	Mann-Whitney U test
Groups	Local anesthesia	32	12.3	12	6	20	3.4	16.00	− 6.3	0.0001
Groups	General anesthesia	25	53.5	55	40	70	9.1	43.50	− 6.3	0.0001
		Fasting period before procedure (h)						Mann-Whitney U test
		n	Mean	Median	Minimum	Maximum	SD	Mann-Whitney U test
Groups	Local anesthesia	32	1.34	1	1	2	0.48	16.5	6.70	0.0001
Groups	General anesthesia	25	4.88	4	4	6	1.01	45	6.70	0.0001
		Operative time and casting time						Mann-Whitney U test
		n	Mean	Median	Minimum	Maximum	SD	Mann-Whitney U test
Groups	Local anesthesia (casting time)	32	15	13	8	25	3.8	24.00	− 5.2	0.06
Groups	General anesthesia (operative time)	25	26	27	18	32	4.1	38.50	− 5.2	0.06

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