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Table 1 Patient information and surgery-related outcomes

From: The surgical outcomes and perioperative complications of bowel resection as part of debulking surgery of advanced ovarian cancer patients

Variables

Total

(n = 282)

Anastomosis

(n = 182)

Ostomy

(n = 100)

P

Age (years)

57 (23–83)

55 (25–77)

58.5 (26–83)

 < 0.01

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.2 (14.2–37.3)

22.0 (14.2–34.2)

23.2 (16.0–37.3)

0.10

Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (%)

49 (17.4%)

29 (15.9%)

20 (20.0%)

0.39

Preoperative laboratory values

 CA-125 (U/mL)

1006.5 (3.5–31,803.7)

1114.5 (3.5–31,803.7)

907.3 (7.4–23,156.0)

0.55

 Albumin (g/L)

40.0 (24.4–55.3)

40.7 (26.9–55.3)

39.6 (27.6–48.5)

0.64

 Hemoglobin (g/L)

119 (62–151)

119 (76–151)

120 (62–147)

0.87

Postoperative day 1 laboratory values

 Albumin (g/L)

31.0 (19.3–48.9)

31.2 (19.9–48.9)

30.2 (19.3–43.5)

0.28

 Hemoglobin (g/L)

111 (69–159)

111 (72–159)

111 (69–142)

0.16

High-grade serous carcinoma (%)

250 (88.7%)

157 (86.3%)

93 (93.0%)

0.09

Presence of ascites at surgery (%)

222 (78.7%)

147 (80.8%)

75 (75.0%)

0.26

Ascites volume (mL)

800 (50–8000)

800 (50–8000)

1000 (50–7500)

0.72

Extensive bowel resection (%)

29 (10.2%)

20 (11.0%)

9 (9.0%)

0.60

Upper abdominal surgery (%)

69 (24.4%)

57 (31.3%)

12 (12.0%)

 < 0.01

Extent of debulking

 Residual disease = 0 cm (%)

121 (42.9%)

88 (48.4%)

33 (33.0%)

0.01

 Residual disease ≤ 1 cm (%)

248 (87.9%)

166 (91.2%)

82 (82.0%)

0.02

Operation time (minutes)

197 (60–371)

203 (97–371)

172 (60–324)

 < 0.01

Estimated blood loss (ml)

1000 (100–3500)

950 (100–3500)

1000 (200–2500)

0.98

Transfusion (%)

248 (87.9%)

156 (85.7%)

92 (92.0%)

0.12

Red blood cell transfusion (unit)

3 (0–11)

3 (0–11)

3 (0–9)

0.93

Postoperative hospital stay (days)

13 (5–53)

13 (5–53)

10 (5–40)

 < 0.01

Time to chemotherapy (days)

19 (7–50)

20 (7–50)

18 (7–41)

0.14

  1. CA-125  Cancer Antigen 125