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Table 2 Comparison of the outcomes between the two groups

From: Bowel obstruction associated with a feeding jejunostomy and its association to weight loss after thoracoscopic esophagectomy

 

BOFJ

(n = 17)

Non-BOFJ

(n = 83)

P value

Sex, Male, n (%)

14 (82.4)

67 (80.7)

1.000

Age, years, median (range)

67 (52–85)

67 (43–81)

0.639

Stage I / II / III / IV, n

5 / 6 / 5 / 1

20 / 19 / 32 / 12

0.823

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy, n (%)

10 (58.8)

64 (77.1)

0.117

Preoperative body weight, median (range), (kg)

59.8 (43.1–75.9)

55.6 (39.9–78.0)

0.053

Preoperative BMI, median (range), (kg / m2)

23.3 (19.3–29.3)

20.9 (15.1–30.0)

0.022

Laparoscopic procedure, n (%)

17 (100.0)

70 (84.3)

0.080

Operative time, median (range), (min)

591 (456–825)

613 (473–859)

0.891

Blood loss, median (range), (mL)

170 (50–490)

170 (40–1600)

0.920

Complications, n (%)

 Pneumonia

1 (5.9)

11 (13.3)

0.394

 Anastomotic leakage

1 (5.9)

11 (13.3)

0.394

 Recurrent nerve palsy

4 (23.5)

24 (28.9)

0.652

 Surgical site infection

3 (17.7)

18 (21.7)

0.710

 Hospital stay, median (range), (days)

17 (13–47)

19 (10–201)

0.505

 Residual cancer, n (%)

3 (17.7)

8 (9.6)

0.392

 Adjuvant therapy, n (%)

11 (64.7)

43 (51.8)

0.426

 Cancer recurrence, n (%)

2 (11.8)

24 (28.9)

0.142

Postoperative weight, median (range), (kg)

 1 months

55.2 (38.0–71.0)

52.0 (38.0–74.0)

0.317

 3 months

51.5 (34.0–68.0)

50.0 (33.5–73.0)

0.418

 6 months

50.0 (36.0–64.0)

48.3 (35.4–70.0)

0.605

 12 months

49.0 (37.0–63.0)

52.0 (36.0–70.0)

0.837

Postoperative weight rate, median (range), (%)

 1 months

90.1 (84.4–97.5)

93.8 (80.8–109.2)

0.018

 3 months

84.2 (76.9–91.6)

89.3 (74.4–102.6)

0.002

 6 months

82.5 (73.7–88.7)

87.0 (71.1–105.7)

0.001

 12 months

80.4 (69.3–93.6)

88.9 (64.0–111.8)

<  0.001

Patient’s stature

 Length of the abdominal axis, median (range), (mm)

325 (265–380)

330 (270–380)

0.624

 Distance between the site of jejunostomy and midline, median (range), (mm)

40 (22–63)

48 (20–70)

0.011

 Distance between the site of jejunostomy and navel line, median (range), (mm)

20 (5–75)

35 (0–150)

0.240

 Distance between the site of jejunostomy and xiphoid process line, median (range), (mm)

100 (60–180)

110 (50–180)

0.051

  1. BOFJ; bowel obstruction associated with a feeding jejunostomy, BMI; body mass index