Table 2. Times of common food intake and major food types of EC patients after surgery.
| After surgery | Enteral feeding patients, n (%) | Patients at different feeding frequencies, n (%) | Patients with major food types, n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/day | 4–5/day | ≥6/day | Liquid | Semi-liquid | Soft | Common | |||
| 1 month | 125 (36.1) | 30 (8.7) | 123 (35.5) | 68 (19.7) | 2 (0.6) | 0 | 212 (61.3) | 7 (2.0) | |
| 3 months | 2 (0.6) | 46 (13.3) | 227 (65.6) | 71 (20.5) | 14 (4.0) | 3 (1.0) | 257 (74.3) | 70 (20.2) | |
| 6 months | 1 (0.3) | 115 (33.2) | 205 (59.2) | 25 (7.2) | 0 | 4 (1.2) | 142 (41.0) | 199 (57.5) | |
| 12 months | 0 | 196 (56.6) | 135 (39.0) | 15 (4.0) | 0 | 4 (1.2) | 63 (18.2) | 279 (80.6) | |
| ≥30 months | 0 | 252 (72.8) | 86 (24.9) | 8 (2.3) | 0 | 2 (0.6) | 32 (9.2) | 312 (90.2) | |
EC, esophageal cancer.