Table 1 Demographic and perioperative features of the patients
Control Group | Tube Group | P value | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 64.51 ± 5.13 | 64.36 ± 4.83 | 0.790 | 64.42 ± 4.96 |
Gender | 0.739 | |||
Male | 118 (85.5%) | 152 (87.4%) | 270 (86.5%) | |
Female | 20 (14.5%) | 22 (12.6%) | 42 (13.5%) | |
Smoking | 0.204 | |||
No | 25 (18.1%) | 22 (12.6%) | 47 (15.1%) | |
Yes | 113 (81.9%) | 152 (87.4) | 256 (84.9%) | |
Surgical approach | 0.812 | |||
Right | 91 (65.9%) | 112 (64.4%) | 203 (65.1%) | |
Left | 47 (34.1%) | 62 (35.6%) | 109 (34.9%) | |
Anastomic leakage | 0.837 | |||
No | 127 (92.0%) | 159 (91.4%) | 286 (91.7%) | |
Yes | 11 (8.0%) | 15 (8.6%) | 26 (8.3%) | |
Postoperative pain score (NRS*) | ||||
Day 1 | 3.94 ± 1.27 | 4.01 ± 1.25 | 0.629 | 3.98 ± 1.26 |
Day 2 | 3.30 ± 1.04 | 3.41 ± 0.90 | 0.347 | 3.36 ± 0.97 |
Day 3 | 2.86 ± 0.86 | 2.98 ± 0.69 | 0.157 | 2.93 ± 0.77 |
Day 4 | 2.78 ± 0.96 | 2.76 ± 0.63 | 0.799 | 2.77 ± 0.79 |
Day 5 | 2.16 ± 0.70 | 2.26 ± 0.64 | 0.190 | 2.21 ± 0.66 |