27 March 2021>: Clinical Research
Use of the Water-Soluble Contrast Medium Gastrografin in Treatment of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Patients with and Without Chronic Radiation Enteropathy: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
Lili Gu 1BCEF , Feng Zhu 1BDE , Tingbin Xie 1BCD , Dengyu Feng 1BEF , Jianfeng Gong 1BDEG* , Ning Li 2ABEFG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.930046
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e930046
Table 4 Outcomes of patients with and without Gastrografin challenge.
GG challenge (n=30) | No GG challenge (n=30) | p Value | |
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Radiological findings | |||
Incomplete small bowel obstruction | 14 (46.6) | 11 (36.6) | 0.312 |
Complete small bowel obstruction | 17 (56.6) | 19 (63.3) | 0.421 |
Time to first feed after admission | 1.70±1.03 | 1.34±1.28 | 0.231 |
Successful conservative treatment | 16 (53.3) | 6 (20.0) | |
Operative rate (surgery) | 14 (46.6) | 24 (80.0) | |
Adhesolysis | 5 (16.6) | 11 (36.6) | |
Strangulation and resection | 9 (30.0) | 13 (43.3) | |
Hospital stay in nonoperative patients (days) | 2.3±1.1 | 2.6±1.3 | 0.156 |
Hospital stay (days) | 5.1±2.0 | 5.4±2.3 | 0.451 |
In-hospital morbidity, n (%) | 4 (13.3) | 6 (20.0) | 0.137 |
In-hospital mortality, n (%) | 0 | 1 (3.3) | 0.328 |