Fig. 1

The distribution of the patients who underwent modified posterior pelvic exenteration for the treatment of primary ovarian cancer. A diverting ileostomy was created in 10 patients (11%) in the conventional oral feeding (COF) group (n = 95) and 6 patients (6%) in the early oral feeding (EOF) group (n = 106). Two patients developed anastomotic leakage and required an emergency ileostomy. Stoma closure was performed in 16 of the 18 patients at 1–3 months after the completion of the postoperative chemotherapy