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Table 1 The 6 patients with BOFJ after esophagectomy with PFJ

From: Vertical distance from navel as a risk factor for bowel obstruction associated with feeding jejunostomy after esophagectomy: a retrospective cohort study

Case

Age range (years)

Sex (1 or 2)

Procedure

VD (mm)

HD (mm)

Duration

(Esophagectomy—BOFJ)

Surgical indication

Duration of conservative therapy (days)

Procedure

Operative time (min)

Pattern

1

50–60

HALS

102

6 days

Peritonitis

Adhesiolysis

45

AB

 

1

 

47

     

2

80–90

HALS

93

7 days

Peritonitis

Adhesiolysis

34

AB

 

1

 

40

     

3

70–80

HALS

120

4 months

Repeated BOFJ

(5 times)

Adhesiolysis

56

AB

 

1

 

59

 

3, 3, 2, 3, 2

Bowel resection

  

4

60–70

HALS

95

25 months

Not effective of conservative therapy

Adhesiolysis

89

TI

 

1

 

50

 

 > 7

Bowel resection

  

5

50–60

HALS

113

3 months

Repeated BOFJ

(3 times)

Adhesiolysis

99

TI

 

1

 

42

 

5, 3, 2

Bowel resection

  

6

60–70

HALS

111

16 months

Repeated BOFJ

(3 times)

Adhesiolysis

65

AB

 

2

 

49

 

2, 2, 3

Bowel resection

  
  1. HALS, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery; VD, vertical distance between navel and jejunostomy; HD, horizontal distance between navel and jejunostomy; BOFJ, bowel obstruction associated with feeding jejunostomy; AB, adhesion + bending; TI, torsion + internal hernia