Table 2.
Perioperative Characteristics.
| All Patients (N = 53) |
Not Readmitted (N = 35) |
Readmitted (N = 18) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | p-value1 |
| Time from primary diagnosis to Ileostomy, median (range), months | 6.9 (0-365) | 6.7 (0-73) | 7.9 (0-365) | 0.181 |
| Presence of disease | 0.741 | |||
| No | 13 (26.0) | 8 (24.2) | 5 (29.4) | |
| Yes | 37 (74.0) | 25 ( 75.8) | 12 (70.6) | |
| Presence of ascites | 1.00 | |||
| No | 26 (74.3) | 16 (72.7) | 10 (76.9) | |
| Yes | 9 (25.7) | 6 (27.3) | 3 (23.1) | |
| Indication for ileostomy | 0.430 | |||
| Small bowel obstruction | 24 (45.3) | 16 (45.7) | 8 (44.4) | |
| Bowel perforation | 7 (13.2) | 6(17.1) | 1 (5.6) | |
| Anastomotic leak | 8 (15.1) | 5 (14.3) | 3 (16.7) | |
| Primary debulking | 10(18.9) | 7 (20.0) | 3 (16.7) | |
| Other | 4 (7.6) | 1 (2.9) | 3 (16.7) | |
| Type of ileostomy | 0.061 | |||
| Loop ileostomy | 38(71.7) | 28 (80.0) | 10 (55.6) | |
| End ileostomy | 15(28.3) | 7 (20.0) | 8 (44.4) | |
| Length of postoperative stay, median (range), days | 10(4-46) | 10(4-46) | 9(4-29) | 0.543 |
| Creatinine level, preoperative, mean (SD), mg/dL | 0.88 (0.45) | 0.81 (0.37) | 0.99 (0.56) | 0.253 |
| Creatinine level, discharge, mean (SD), mg/dL | 0.75 (0.33) | 0.65 (0.22) | 0.92(0.41) | 0.016 |
| Difference between preoperative and discharge creatinine level, mean (SD), mg/dL | −0.12(0.28) | −0.16 (0.31) | −0.07(0.21) | 0.099 |
| Readmission creatinine, mean (SD), mg/dL | 2.14 (2.79) |