Table 3 Postoperative outcomes of palliative gastrojejunostomy with or without vagotomy

Overall number of complications

6

7

 Pneumonia

2

2

0.845

 Bleeding

2

0

0.193

 Leakage

0

1

0.268

 Infection

0

2

0.115

 Delayed gastric emptying

0

1

0.268

 Cardiac arrest

1

0

0.361

 Renal failure

1

1

0.891

Time to flatus (days)

3.2 ± 0.9

3.1 ± 1.0

0.924

Hospitalization period (days)

10.0 ± 8.2

10.2 ± 13.1

0.920

Postoperative mortality

2

1

0.673