Comparison of decompression tubes with metallic stents for the management of right-sided malignant colonic obstruction

Table 2 Operation findings and short-term outcomes

	Decompression tube	SEMS	P value
Cases	21	19
Operation method
Open	8	0
Laparoscopy	13	19	0.004
Harvested LN (median, IQR)	15 (9.5-27)	28 (15-34)	0.028
Operation time (min, median, IQR)	134 (85.5-147)	124 (84-143)	0.807
Blood loss (mL, median, IQR)	50 (10-81.5)	10 (0-50)	0.033
Complications associated with bowel decompression	3	2	1.000
Technical failure	2	1
Colon perforation during decompression	1	1
Overall postoperative complications	8	6	0.748
sSSI	3	3
dSSI	0	2
Prolonged ileus	3	0
Heart failure	1	0
Pneumonia	1	0
Pseudomembranous colitis	1	0
Delirium	0	1
Clavian-Dindo classification
0	13	13
I	2	4
II	5	0
III	1	2	0.116

IQR: Interquartile range; LN: Lymph nodes; sSSI: Superficial surgical site infection; dSSI: Deep surgical site infection; SEMS: Self-expandable metallic stent.