Clinical application of reserved gastric tube in neuroendoscopic endonasal surgery for pituitary tumor

Table 1 Comparison of postoperative nausea and vomiting aspiration between the two groups of patients (mean ± SD, n = 30)

Group	Number of cases of nausea	Number of cases of vomiting	Number of cases of aspiration
Experimental group	3	2	1
Control group	7	5	2
χ2	13.315	0.6469	0
P value	0.0002	0.421	1

Table 2 Comparison of sore throat scores between the two groups after waking up, 6 hours postoperatively and 24 hours postoperatively (mean ± SD, n = 30)

Group	After waking up	After postoperativing 6 h	After postoperativing 24 h
Experimental group	3.03 ± 1.02	4.12 ± 0.83	3.26 ± 1.13
Control group	4.22 ± 0.93	4.66 ± 1.21	4.57 ± 1.11
χ2	4.723	2.0156	4.53
P value	< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.05

Table 3 Comparison of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage (cases) and intracranial infection (cases) and hospitalization days between the two groups (mean ± SD, n = 30)

Group	Cerebrospinal fluid leakage (cases)	Intracranial infection (cases)	The days of hospitalization (mean ± SD)
Experimental group	1	1	7.91 ± 2.020
Control group	3	2	8.94 ± 2.503
t or χ2	χ2 = 0.268	χ2 = 0	t = 1.754
P value	0.605	1	< 0.05