Table 2.

Differences between groups in the success rates of oral nutrition

	Multimodal EON group (n = 53)	Conventional care group (n = 54)	P value
Types of operations
Radical gastrectomy, n	10/14 (71.4%)	7/15 (46.7%)	0.176
Radical resection for colorectal cancer, n	18/19 (94.7%)	15/23 (65.2%)	0.027
Right hepatic resection, n	12/13 (92.3%)	7/11 (63.6%)	0.142
Pancreatoduodenectomy, n	4/7 (57.1%)	2/5 (40.0%)	1.000
Laparoscopic or open surgery
Laparoscopic surgery	7/8 (87.5%)	6/9 (66.7%)	0.576
Open surgery	37/45 (82.2%)	25/45 (55.6%)	0.006
The total success rate of oral nutrition, n (%)	44/53 (83.0%)	31/44 (57.4%)	0.004

EON early oral nutrition