Complete prevention of anastomotic leakage using total enteric flow diversion

Table 1 Comparison of preoperative baseline characteristics between the diversion and control groups, mean ± SD

	Control group (n = 6)	Diversion group (n = 7)	P value
Age (months)	5.00 ± 0.63	4.86 ± 0.69	0.951
Weight (kg)	22.48 ± 2.20	23.07 ± 2.13	0.660
WBCs (× 109/L)	14.39 ± 0.45	13.98 ± 0.67	0.213
Blood K+ (mmol/L)	3.67 ± 0.29	3.69 ± 0.26	0.866
Operative time (minute)	57.50 ± 3.62	61.00 ± 2.83	0.091

WBCs: White blood cells.