Table 2.

Survival and readmission after the first bowel obstruction admission following diagnosis of stage IV ovarian or pancreatic cancer

		Treatment at the first MBO admission
		Medical Management %	Surgery %	VGT %
Survival outcomes		n = 2,463	n = 871	n = 249
In-hospital mortality*		12.9	12.4	9.2
30-day mortality*		31.4	18.1	41.9
90-day mortality*		54.3	41.8	81.4
180-day mortality*		65.9	57.2	89.9
Survival (days)*, a		72 (23-312)	128 (42-483)	38 (23-69)
Readmission outcomesb		n = 2,146	n = 763	n = 226
Readmission for MBO*	None	67.4	75.0	85.0
	One	20.6	18.1	10.6
	Two or more	11.9	7.0	4.4

^*p < 0.05

^aTime from hospital admission date until date of death, reported as median (interquartile range)

^bReadmission for MBO is measured among patients who were discharged alive from their first MBO admission (N = 3,135)

Abbreviations: MBO, malignancy-associated bowel obstruction; VGT, venting gastrostomy tube