Table 3.

Comparison between patients with and without ostomy.

	Total		Ostomy (Initial)		Ostomy (secondary)		No Ostomy		p
	435		260	59.8%	37	8.5%	138	31.7%
Necrotizing enterocolitis	42	9.7%	31	11.9%	6	16.2%	5	3.6%	0.005
Volvulus	54	12.4%	33	12.7%	3	8.1%	18	13.0%	0.811
Short bowel (ICD K91.2)	97	22.3%	71	27.3%	16	43.2%	10	7.2%	<0.001
Liver problems (ICD K71–76)	71	16.3%	46	17.7%	8	21.6%	17	12.3%	0.237
Operative central venous access	94	21.6%	61	23.5%	17	45.9%	16	11.6%	<0.001
Operative feeding tube	51	11.7%	24	9.2%	11	29.7%	16	11.6%	0.004
Mortality 1 year after initial surgery	22	5.1%	13	5.0%	1	2.7%	8	5.8%	0.840
LOS (IQR)	66 (32;115)		81 (48; 126)		86 (59; 159)		32 (22; 61)		0.003

Bold values indicate p < 0.05.