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Table 4 Postoperative data comparisons among groups

From: Effect of low-concentration carbohydrate on patient-centered quality of recovery in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: a prospective randomized trial

 

F Group

PW Group

CH Group

P value

Anal first exhaust time (hour)

19.78 ± 5.35

16.14 ± 4.68a

15.59 ± 5.10a

0.001

Anal first defecates time (hour)

39.24 ± 13.58

35.81 ± 9.52

31.84 ± 10.86a

0.024

Drainage tube extraction time (day)

3 (1)

3 (1)

3 (1)

0.781

Postoperative hospital stay (day)

4 (1)

4 (1.75)

3 (1.5)

0.977

Nausea (n)

13 (35.1%)

4 (11.1%)a

4 (10.8%)a

0.010

Vomiting (n)

10 (27.0%)

2 (5.6%)a

3 (8.1%)

0.014

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SDs, M (IQR) or number of patients (%). Details of the groups are shown in Table 1
  2. The time begins when the patient leaves the operating room. It is recorded as the first day after the operation from 0 a.m. on the night of the operation
  3. acompared with F group the difference was significant at 0.05 level