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Out of this group, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 59 patients who were operated on under one year of age. Follow-up ranged from 0.3 to 18 years (median 3.9 years). The preoperative course was asymptomatic in 22 (38%), while 37 patients (62%) had symptoms before surgery. The late postoperative course was uneventful in 45 patients (76%). In symptomatic patients, 16% had late complications, while in asymptomatic patients, only 4%. Late complications were observed in the laparotomy group in seven patients (17%). We did not observe late complications in the laparoscopy group. Early surgical intervention is not followed by a high risk of complications and may prevent the onset of preoperative complications, giving excellent early and long-term results, especially after minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children10020373","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,14]],"date-time":"2023-02-14T02:16:01Z","timestamp":1676340961000},"page":"373","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Choledochal Cyst Excision in Infants\u2014A Retrospective Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Adam","family":"Kowalski","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Children\u2019s Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7183-7711","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Grzegorz","family":"Kowalewski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Children\u2019s Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0555-2229","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Piotr","family":"Kalici\u0144ski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Children\u2019s Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katarzyna","family":"Pankowska-Wo\u017aniak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Children\u2019s Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marek","family":"Szymczak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Children\u2019s Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hor","family":"Ismail","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Children\u2019s Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marek","family":"Stefanowicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Children\u2019s Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"142","DOI":"10.1097\/00005176-199402000-00004","article-title":"Antenatal diagnosis of choledochal cyst","volume":"18","author":"Bancroft","year":"1994","journal-title":"J. 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