Table 2.

Clinical outcome associated with the gastrointestinal motility.

	Control group (n = 48)	Experimental group (n = 51)	P-value
Number of markers in small bowel (n)
POD1	12.94 ± 8.62	11.76 ± 8.87	0.506
POD3	3.60 ± 5.88	4.28 ± 6.05	0.588
POD5	0.43 ± 1.59	0.87 ± 2.79	0.361
Number of markers in colon (n)
POD1	0.42 ± 2.08	0.30 ± 2.04	0.780
POD3	14.00 ± 7.71	13.30 ± 7.50	0.659
POD5	17.89 ± 5.69	18.91 ± 3.28	0.290
Abdominal discomfort (NRS 1–5)
POD1	2.46 ± 1.33	2.63 ± 1.22	0.256
POD2	2.62 ± 0.98	2.65 ± 1.01	0.897
POD3	2.71 ± 1.11	2.48 ± 0.98	0.239
POD4	2.18 ± 0.96	2.23 ± 0.93	0.828
POD5	1.84 ± 1.04	1.77 ± 0.89	0.837
Proportion of food intake (%)
POD2	64.79 ± 21.88	65.00 ± 26.94	0.967
POD3	63.92 ± 20.97	62.43 ± 21.50	0.729
POD4	62.48 ± 22.10	64.47 ± 20.14	0.640
POD5	63.09 ± 24.35	66.57 ± 21.97	0.458
Time to first flatus (day)	3.33 ± 0.88	3.31 ± 0.79	0.907
Time to first flatus (hour)	72.44 ± 17.56	72.25 ± 19.80	0.457
Time to first defecation (day)	4.04 ± 0.87	4.00 ± 1.52	0.910

POD postoperative day.