Table 2.
Patient and intraoperative characteristics in each group of diet recommendations (group 1: 4 weeks, group 2: 2 weeks, group 3: 1 week)
| Group 1 N = 150 |
Group 2 N = 106 |
Group 3 N = 111 |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women, N (%) | 123 (82.0) | 88 (83.0) | 95 (85.6) | 0.74 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 41.6 (11.3) | 42.8 (11.4) | 43.1 (11.4) | 0.51 |
| Body mass index (BMI), mean standard deviation (SD) | 41.3 (3.8) | 42.4 (5.0) | 42.8 (6.7) | 0.034 |
| Severe obesity (BMI ≥ 40), N (%) | 98 (65.3) | 70 (66.0) | 78 (70.3) | 0.68 |
| High blood pressure, N (%) | 47 (31.3) | 26 (24.5) | 38 (34.2) | 0.28 |
| Diabetes mellitus, N (%) | 29 (19.3) | 25 (23.6) | 11 (9.9) | 0.025 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), N (%) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (4.5) | 0.016 |
| Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), N (%) | 81 (54.0) | 48 (45.3) | 57 (51.4) | 0.38 |
| Hiatal hernia, N (%) | 29 (19.3) | 26 (24.5) | 21 (18.9) | 0.51 |
| Duration of surgery, minutes, mean (SD) | 113 (34) | 90 (30) | 89 (25) | < 0.001 |
|
Type of anastomosis, N (%) - Mechanical - Hand-sewn - Mixed |
148 (98.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (2) |
98 (92.5) 0 (0.0) 8 (7.5) |
21 (18.9) 72 (64.9) 18 (16.2.0) |
< 0.001 |
| Adhesiolysis, N (%) | 7 (4.7) | 4 (3.8) | 5 (4.5) | 0.94 |
| Cholecystectomy (CCK), N (%) | 20 (13.3) | 18 (17.0) | 9 (8.1) | 0.14 |
| Hiatus reconstruction, N (%) | 25 (16.7) | 10 (9.4) | 9 (8.1) | 0.07 |
| Complication during surgery, N (%) | 2 (1.3) | 6 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0.011 |