Table 7.
Presence of pre- and post-operative functional gastrointestinal disorder in 115 patients with different n (%)
| Presence of FGID | Patients | Asymptomatic | Symptomatic, improved | Unchanged or worse | P value1 |
| None pre-operative | 13 (11.3) | 11 (84.6) | 2 (15.4) | 0 | |
| Present pre-operative | 102 (88.7) | 65 (63.7) | 26 (25.5) | 11 (10.8) | 0.449 |
| None post-operative | 49 (42.6) | 42 (85.7) | 7 (14.3) | 0 | |
| Present post-operative | 66 (57.4) | 34 (51.5) | 21 (31.8) | 11 (16.7) | 0.001 |
| Total | 115 (100) | 76 (66.1) | 28 (24.3) | 11 (9.6) |
FGID: Functional gastrointestinal disorder.
1
P values from χ2 calculation.