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Table 3 Details of PONV between two groups with and without vagus nerve resection including nerve trunk resection and selective vagotomy

From: Predominant role of gut-vagus-brain neuronal pathway in postoperative nausea and vomiting: evidence from an observational cohort study

 

Non-PONV

PONV

nausea

Vomiting < 3 times

Vomiting >3times

total

Vagus nerve trunk resection group (n,%)

 Esophagectomy (n = 441)

401 (90.9%)

26 (5.9%)

10 (2.3%)

4 (0.9%)

40 (9.1%)

 Gastrectomy (n = 746)

645 (86.5%)

64 (8.6%)

29 (3.9%)

8 (1.1%)

101 (13.5%)

 Total (n = 1187)

1046 (88.1%)

90 (7.6%)

39 (3.3%)

12 (1.0%)

141 (11.9%)

 Gastrectomy with selective vagotomy (n = 30)

27 (90.0%)

2 (6.6%)

1 (3.3%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (10.0%)

Non-vagus nerve trunk resection group (n,%)

 Colorectomy (n = 574)

442 (77.0%)

71 (12.4%)

46 (8.0%)

15 (2.6%)

132 (23%)

 Hepatectomy (n = 524)

366 (69.8%)

87 (16.6%)

57 (10.9%)

14 (2.7%)

158 (30.2%)

 Pulmonary lobectomy (n = 938)

643 (68.6%)

144 (15.4%)

122 (13.0%)

29 (3.1%)

295 (31.4%)

 Total (n = 2036)

1451 (71.3%)

302 (14.8%)

225 (11.1%)

58 (2.8%)

585 (28.7%)