Table 2. Reasons Why Patients Who Fulfilled the Criteria Were Not Discharged on Postoperative Day 3.

Reason	No. (%)
Patient or physician delaya	33 (63)
Drain still in place	9 (17)
Bleeding per rectum	4 (8)
Urinary catheter removed on postoperative day 3	1 (2)
Restarted vitamin K anticoagulant use	1 (2)
Intravenous antibiotics for preoperative infection	1 (2)
Altered mental status (self-resolving)	1 (2)
Waiting for skilled nursing facility	1 (2)
Monitoring for Crohn disease in a patient receiving corticosteroids	1 (2)

^a Patient delay means that the patient did not feel comfortable being discharged on the day chosen by the surgeon and would therefore stay longer. Physician delay means that even though a patient would fulfill the 5 criteria, the physician felt that the patient was more appropriate to leave after postoperative day 3.