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Table 2 Patient characteristics and intraoperative factors in all patients

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

Variable

Total

With BOFJ

Without BOFJ

p value (univariate)

n (%) or median (range)

Patients

70

6

64

 

Preoperative factors

    

Age (years)

68 (46–91)

64 (52–82)

69 (46–91)

0.415*

Sex

    

 Male

65 (93%)

5 (8%)

60 (92%)

0.343

 Female

5 (7%)

1 (20%)

4 (80%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

19 (12–34)

20 (15–26)

18 (12–34)

0.563**

Serum total protein (mg/dL)

6.9 (5.7–7.9)

7.1 (6.3–7.5)

6.9 (5.7–7.9)

0.297*

Serum albumin (mg/dL)

4 (2.9–4.9)

4.3 (3.3–4.3)

4 (2.9–4.9)

0.735*

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

14 (20%)

0

14 (22%)

0.200

Adjuvant chemotherapy

50 (71%)

5 (83%)

45 (70%)

0.500

Pathological stage

    

 I

23 (33%)

4 (17%)

19 (83%)

0.324

 II

19 (27%)

1 (5%)

18 (95%)

 

 III

26 (37%)

1 (4%)

25 (96%)

 

 IV

2 (3%)

0

2 (100%)

 

COPD

4 (6%)

1 (25%)

3 (75%)

0.227

Hypertension

22 (31%)

1 (5%)

21 (95%)

0.415

Current smoker

40 (57%)

5 (13%)

35 (87%)

0.175

Intraoperative factors

    

HALS

28

6

22

0.002

Distance between navel and jejunostomy

    

Straight distance (mm)

66 (37–150)

117 (101–130)

63 (37–150)

< 0.001**

Vertical distance (mm)

54 (17–135)

107 (93–120)

49 (17–135)

< 0.001**

Horizontal distance (mm)

39 (14–60)

48 (40–59)

37 (14–60)

0.020**

Surgical duration (min)

451 (309–613)

409 (347–464)

460 (309–613)

0.015*

Estimated blood loss (mL)

119 (1–1030)

122 (90–150)

114 (1–1030)

0.817**

Length of button (cm)

4.0 (3.0–5.0)

3.5 (3.0–4.0)

4.0 (3.0–5.0)

0.773*

  1. BOFJ, bowel obstruction associated with feeding jejunostomy; BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HALS, hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery
  2. Chi-square test
  3. *Unpaired t test
  4. **Mann–Whitney test