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Table 3 Post-operative outcome of patients receiving feeding jejunostomy

From: Purely laparoscopic feeding jejunostomy: a procedure which deserves more attention

N = 123

Laparoscopic (29)

Open (94)

P value

Immediate post-OP outcome

   

 POD1a pain scalebc

2.03 ± 0.9

2.79 ± 1.2

0.002

 Enteral feeding

  

0.216

≦ 48 h

25 (86.2)

70 (74.5)

 

  > 48 h

4 (13.8)

24 (25.5)

 

 Exact feeding time (day)

2.0 ± 0.5

2.27 ± 1.93

0.525

Late post-OP complication (n (%))

0 (0)

3 (3.2)

1.000

 Catheter kinking

0

2

 

 Poor wound healing/infection

0

1

 

 Catheter dislodgement

0

0

 

 Ileus

0

0

 

Post-OP chemotherapy (yes, n (%))

18 (62.1)

43 (45.7)

 

 Initiation date (POD)c

20.2 ± 15.1

19.9 ± 16.4

0.950

 Initiation date (Range)

1–64

7–90

 
  1. aPostoperative day 1
  2. bAssessed by numeric rating scale (NRS)
  3. cMean ± standard deviation