Table 3. Recovery profiles of patients with and without postoperative ileus (POI), and those with and without intraoperative hypothermia.
POI (n = 122) |
Non-POI (n = 515) |
P value | |
Length of postoperative hospital stay (days) | 8.0 (7.0–9.0) | 6.0 (5.0–7.0) | <0.001* |
Time to the first solid food intake (days) | 3.0 (2.0–4.3) | 2.0 (2.0–3.0) | <0.001* |
Time to pass flatus or passage of stool (days) | 3.0 (3.0–5.0) | 3.0 (2.0–3.0) | <0.001* |
Intraoperative hypothermia (n = 530) |
Intraoperative normothermia (n = 107) | P value | |
Length of postoperative hospital stay (days) | 6.9±2.9 | 6.2±1.8 | 0.027* |
Time to the first solid food intake (days) | 2.0 (2.0–4.0) | 2.0 (2.0–3.0) | 0.003* |
Time to pass flatus or passage of stool (days) | 3.0 (2.0–3.0) | 3.0 (2.0–3.0) | 0.075 |
Wound dehiscence | 7 | 0 | 0.608 |
Values are means ± standard deviation, medians (interquartile range), or numbers.
*Significant difference (P <0.05).