Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Neg. (n = 91) |
Pos. (n = 67) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 53 | 36 | 0.57 |
| Female | 38 | 31 | |
| Age, years, median | 37.9 | 35.3 | 0.28 |
| BMI, median | 23.5 | 23.2 | 0.62 |
| ASA classification, median | 2.01 | 2.02 | 0.79 |
| Smoking, n (%) | 28 (30.8) | 15 (22.4) | 0.24 |
| Previous abdominal surgery, n (%) | 19 (20.9) | 13 (19.4) | 0.82 |
| Preoperative immunosuppressive medication, n (%) | |||
| None | 33 (36.3) | 28 (41.2) | 0.58 |
| Steroids | 39 (42.9) | 19 (28.4) | |
| TNF | 22 (24.2) | 16 (23.9) | |
| Biologicals | 4 (4.4) | 12 (17.9) | |
| Surgical approach, n (%) | |||
| Laparoscopic | 52 (57.1) | 39 (58.2) | 0.89 |
| Open | 39 (42.9) | 28 (41.8) | |
| Anastomosis, n (%) | |||
| Side-to-side | 32 (35.2) | 26 (38.8) | 0.60 |
| Side-to-end | 34 (37.4) | 20 (29.8) | |
| Kono-S | 14 (15.4) | 12 (17.9) | |
| End-to-end | 2 (2.2) | 0 | |
| Stoma | 9 (9.9) | 9 (13.4) | |
| Anastomotic leakage, n (%) | 6 (5.6) | 7 (9.9) | 0.39 |
| CCI | 6.8 | 7.2 | 0.86 |