Table 1 Characteristics of 224 patients who underwent colonic TET
From: Colonic transendoscopic tube-delivered enteral therapy (with video): a prospective study
Items | Results |
|---|---|
Patients, n | 224 |
Sex, male, n (%) | 119 (53.1%) |
Age, years, median (IQR) | 40 (28–53) |
Disease type, n (%) | |
UC | 118 (52.7%) |
Constipation | 30 (13.4%) |
Others | 76 (33.9%) |
Disease duration, years, median (IQR) | 5 (2–9) |
Purpose of TET, n (%) | |
FMT | 107 (47.8%) |
Colonic medical administration | 10 (4.5%) |
FMT and medical administration | 107 (47.8%) |
Success rate of TET, % | 100% |
Location for fixing distal tube, n (%) | |
Ileocecal | 192 (85.6%) |
Ascending colon | 17 (7.6%) |
Transverse colon | 5 (2.2%) |
Descending colon | 6 (2.7%) |
Liver curvature | 3 (1.3%) |
Spleen curvature | 1 (0.4%) |
Endoscopic clip type, n (%) | |
Small clip | 69, (30.9%) |
Large clip | 155, (69.1%) |
Endoscopic clip number, median (IQR) | 3 (3–4) |
Retention time of TET tube, median (IQR) | 8.5 (7–11) |
Removal of TET tube, n (%) | |
Spontaneously fell out | 158 (70.5%) |
Actively pulled out | 66 (29.5%) |
Satisfaction, % | 219/224 (97.8%) |