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. 2021 Sep 29;21:234. doi: 10.1186/s12871-021-01449-9

Table 3.

Details of PONV between two groups with and without vagus nerve resection including nerve trunk resection and selective vagotomy

Non-PONV PONV
nausea Vomiting < 3 times Vomiting >3times total
Vagus nerve trunk resection group (n,%)
 Esophagectomy (n = 441) 401 (90.9%) 26 (5.9%) 10 (2.3%) 4 (0.9%) 40 (9.1%)
 Gastrectomy (n = 746) 645 (86.5%) 64 (8.6%) 29 (3.9%) 8 (1.1%) 101 (13.5%)
 Total (n = 1187) 1046 (88.1%) 90 (7.6%) 39 (3.3%) 12 (1.0%) 141 (11.9%)
 Gastrectomy with selective vagotomy (n = 30) 27 (90.0%) 2 (6.6%) 1 (3.3%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (10.0%)
Non-vagus nerve trunk resection group (n,%)
 Colorectomy (n = 574) 442 (77.0%) 71 (12.4%) 46 (8.0%) 15 (2.6%) 132 (23%)
 Hepatectomy (n = 524) 366 (69.8%) 87 (16.6%) 57 (10.9%) 14 (2.7%) 158 (30.2%)
 Pulmonary lobectomy (n = 938) 643 (68.6%) 144 (15.4%) 122 (13.0%) 29 (3.1%) 295 (31.4%)
 Total (n = 2036) 1451 (71.3%) 302 (14.8%) 225 (11.1%) 58 (2.8%) 585 (28.7%)