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From: Nutritional benefit of remnant gastric preservation in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing radical esophagectomy and ileo-colon interposition

Fig. 2

Nutritional comparison between the cologastrostomy group and the colojejunostomy group. a Median body weight change 1 year after surgery in the cologastrostomy group was significantly less than that of the colojejunostomy group (92.9% vs. 88.5%; P = 0.038). b Median serum total protein level 1 year after surgery in the cologastrostomy group was significantly higher than that of the colojejunostomy group (7.0 g/dL vs. 6.6 g/dL; P = 0.030). c Median serum albumin level 1 year after surgery in the cologastrostomy group was not significantly different from that of the colojejunostomy group (3.9 g/dL vs. 3.7 g/dL; P = 0.277)

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