Table 2.
Operative details stratified by sarcopenia
| All patients (n = 77) n (%) |
No sarcopenia (n = 47) n (%) |
Sarcopenia (n = 30) n (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective surgery | ||||
| Yes | 31 (40) | 19 (40) | 12 (40) | 0.581a |
| No | 46 (60) | 28 (60) | 18 (60) | |
| Indication for surgery | ||||
| Stage 2 surgery for IPPA | 6 (8) | 3 (6) | 2 (7) | 0.850 |
| Stricture | 19 (24) | 13 (28) | 6 (20) | |
| Fistula | 9 (12) | 6 (13) | 4 (13) | |
| Medically refractory disease | 33 (43) | 18 (38) | 15 (50) | |
| Perforation | 10 (13) | 7 (15) | 3 (10) | |
| Type of surgery | ||||
| Open | 18 (23) | 7 (15) | 11 (37) | 0.153b |
| Laparoscopic | 52 (68) | 35 (75) | 17 (57) | |
| Laparoscopic-assisted | 3 (4) | 2 (4) | 1 (3) | |
| Open → laparoscopic | 4 (5) | 3 (6) | 1 (3) | |
| Extent of surgery | ||||
| Completion proctectomy, ileal pouch anal anastomosis and end-ileostomy | 5 (7) | 3 (6) | 2 (7) | 0.557b |
| Panproctocolectomy and end-ileostomy | 6 (8) | 3 (6) | 3 (10) | |
| Sigmoid colectomy | 6 (8) | 5 (11) | 1 (3) | |
| Ileocecectomy | 14 (18) | 9 (19) | 5 (17) | |
| Anastomosis revision | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | |
| Right hemicolectomy | 11 (14) | 8 (17) | 3 (10) | |
| Subtotal colectomy and end-ileostomy | 27 (35) | 15 (32) | 12 (40) | |
| Left hemicolectomy and defunctioning loop ileostomy | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | |
| Completion proctectomy and end-ileostomy | 3 (4) | 1 (2) | 2 (7) | |
| Ileorectal anastomosis | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 2 (7) | |
| Anterior resection and end-colostomy | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | |
Elective surgery = planned hospital admission for surgery, non-elective surgery = non-planned surgical intervention. IPPA ileal pouch anal anastomosis
a χ2 test, b Fischer’s exact test