Distal small bowel motility and lipid absorption in patients following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair surgery

Table 2 Site of origin and distance of propagation of small intestinal burst activity during fasting and enteral feeding (mean±SE)

Time period	% Bursts to startin the antrum	% Bursts propagatedto the ileum
Fasting
Patient: Early ventilation (1-5 h)	70.0 ± 5.6b	62.7 ± 9.3
Early post-operative (20-24 h)	70.1 ± 6.2b	35.2 ± 8.6
Late post-operative (68-72 h)	75.5 ± 8.2b	33.8 ± 8c
Healthy	76.6 ± 14.3	43.7 ± 17.6
Enteral feeding
Patient	65.3 ± 7.6a	53.9 ± 12.4
Healthy	75.0 ± 11	29.2 ± 12.0

^aP < 0.05 vs healthy fed,

^bP < 0.01 vs healthy fast,

^cP < 0.05 vs patient early ventilation.