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. 2022 Feb 17;12:2738. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06585-x

Table 3.

Clinical complication outcome variables summary table.

Characteristic No residual cancer, N = 2972 Residual cancer, N = 684 p-value1 OR 95% CI
Intestinal obstruction 0.007
No 2874 (97%) 646 (94%) – –
Yes 98 (3.3%) 38 (5.6%) 0.83 0.50, 1.36
Prolonged postoperative NPO or NGT use < 0.001
No 2769 (93%) 576 (84%) – –
Yes 203 (6.8%) 108 (16%) 1.79 1.29, 2.49
Anastomotic leak 0.68
No 2941 (99%) 675 (99%) – –
Yes 31 (1.0%) 9 (1.3%) 0.47 0.18, 1.13
Ureteral obstruction 0.96
No 2962 (100%) 681 (100%) – –
Yes 10 (0.3%) 3 (0.4%) 0.61 0.12, 2.45
Ureteral fistula  > 0.99
No 2970 (100%) 683 (100%) – –
Yes 2 (< 0.1%) 1 (0.1%) 3.21 0.12, 52.7
Bladder fistula 0.52
No 2969 (100%) 682 (100%) – –
Yes 3 (0.1%) 2 (0.3%) 3.30 0.40, 23.4

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.

1Continuous Variable: one-way ANOVA, Binary Variable: Fisher’s Exact Test, Categorical Variable: Chi-Squared Test.