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Table 2 Description of the premedications visualized in the resected specimen

From: The transit of oral premedication beyond the stomach in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a retrospective observational multicentre study

Variables

Transit group

(N = 62)

Failure-to-Transit group

(N = 38)

P value

Number of tablets or capsules in specimen

0 tablet/capsule

62 (100)

0 (0)

< 0.001*

0.5 tablet/capsule

0 (0)

2 (5.3)

1 tablet/capsule

0 (0)

15 (39.5)

2 tablets/capsules

0 (0)

17 (44.7)

2.5 tablets/capsules

0 (0)

1 (2.6)

3 tablets/capsules

0 (0)

3 (7.9)

State of tablets in specimen

No tablets/capsule seen

62 (100)

 

< 0.001*

A portion of the tablets/capsule visualized

0 (0)

30 (78.9)

The full tablet or capsule visualized

0 (0)

8 (21.1)

  1. Data are presented as number (%). *: P < 0.05 with Cochran–Armitage test for trend.