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Table 2 Surgical variables and postoperative complications

From: Early oral feeding is safe and useful after rectosigmoid resection with anastomosis during cytoreductive surgery for primary ovarian cancer

 

COF group (n=95)

EOF group (n=106)

P value

Timing of cytoreductive surgery

 Up-front, n (%)

48 (51)

53 (50)

0.941

 Interval, n (%)

47 (49)

53 (50)

 

Surgical complexity score

 Intermediate, n (%)

41 (43)

40 (38)

0.434

 High, n (%)

54 (57)

66 (62)

 

Surgical procedures performed in addition to MPPE

 Splenectomy + distal pancreatectomy

3 (3)b

6 (6)c

0.608

 Small and/or large bowel resection(s)

21 (22)b

26 (25)c

 

Residual tumor after surgery, n (%)

 0

82 (86)

99 (93)

0.242

 0<, < 1 cm

8 (8)

4 (4)

 

 ≥ 1 cm

5 (5)

3 (3)

 

Operative time, median (range), (min)

411 (222–689)

389 (196–719)

0.125

EBL, median (range), (mL)

840 (100–5600)

780 (130–6100)

0.519

Intraoperative transfusion of packed RBC, n (%)

 0

61 (64)

75 (70)

0.449

 1–2 units

9 (9)

11 (10)

 

 >2 units

25 (26)

20 (19)

 

Postoperative complications, n (%)a

 Grade 1–3a

20 (21)

18 (17)

0.759

 Grade 3b–4

4 (4)

5 (5)

 

Postoperative hospital stay, median (range), (days)

17 (9–67)

11 (8–49)

< 0.001

Duration from surgery to start of postoperative chemotherapy, median (range), (days)

35 (15–90)d

33 (12–77)e

0.080

  1. MPPE modified posterior pelvic exenteration, EBL estimated blood loss, RBC red blood cells
  2. aAccording to the Clavien–Dindo classification [15]
  3. bThe 1 patient underwent both bowel resections and splenectomy with distal pancreatectomy
  4. cThe 2 patients underwent both bowel resections and splenectomy with distal pancreatectomy
  5. dThe 3 patients who did not receive postoperative chemotherapy are excluded
  6. eThe 5 patients who did not receive postoperative chemotherapy are excluded