Skip to main content
. 2023 Feb 25;75(3):1441–1446. doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-03587-7

Table 2.

Incidence of PCF formation, surgical time, restarting of oral feeding and length of hospitalization stay

Group A, manual suture (49 patients Group B, stapler suture (42 patients) P value
Incidence of PCF formation 12 5 0.12
Surgical time (mins) 285.37 ± 120.53 245 ± 43.92 < 0.05
Restarting of oral feeding (days) 18.82 ± 9.11 13.23 ± 11.31 < 0.05
Lenght of hospitalization stay (days) 24.84 ± 12.34 15.23 ± 8.54 < 0.05