Early removing gastrointestinal decompression and early oral feeding improve patients' rehabilitation after colorectostomy

Table 1 Patient characteristics

General data	Experimental group (n = 161)	Control group (n = 155)
Gender(M/F)	92/69	83/72
Mean age (yr)	55.3 ± 16.7	57.1 ± 19.8
Range	21 - 78	24 - 85
Type of tumor
Colon cancer	29	28
Rectal cancer	132	127
Type of operation
Right hemicolectomy	17	15
Left hemicolectomy	12	13
Anterior rectal resection	132	127

Table 2 Clinical features and complications of experimental and control groups

Parameters	Experimental group	Control group	P value
		(n = 161)	(n = 155)
Time to first passage of flatus (d)	3.0 ± 0.9	3.6 ± 1.2b	0.000
Time to first passage of stool (d)	4.1 ± 1.1	4.8 ± 1.4b	0.000
Postoperative stay (d)	8.4 ± 3.4	9.6 ± 5.0a	0.016
Total complication
Anastomotic leakage (n%)	2(1.24)	4(2.58)	0.441
Acute dilation of stomach (n%)	3(1.86)	1(0.06)	0.623
Wound complication (n%)	4(2.48)	3(1.94)	1.000
Fever (n%)	6(3.73)	15(9.68)a	0.042
Pulmonary infection (n%)	1(0.62)	7(4.52)a	0.034
Pharyngolaryngitis (n%)	5(3.11)	36(23.2)b	0.000

^aP < 0.05 vs experimental group;

^bP < 0.001 vs experimental group.