Novel management indications for conservative treatment of chylous ascites after gastric cancer surgery

Table 3 Postoperative infection-related complications significantly affect gastric cancer patients with postoperative chylous ascites to remove abdominal drainage tubes in time

	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	HR (95%CI)	P value	HR (95%CI)	P value
DT clamping	0.39 (0.11-1.72)	0.281	-	-
Postoperative HGB	1.49 (0.72-3.08)	0.283	-	-
Postoperative ALB	1.82 (0.88-3.76)	0.303	1.09 (0.98-1.21)	0.127
Maximum drainage	0.98 (0.47-2.05)	0.367	-	-
Postoperative intake time	2.22 (1.10-4.48)	0.031	1.86 (0.94-4.21)	0.234
CA onset time	0.81 (0.40-1.62)	0.486	-	-
Duration of antibiotic usage	0.45 (0.22-0.91)	0.009	0.86 (0.76-0.96)	0.009
Postoperative infection	2.20 (1.21-4.61)	0.003	2.40 (1.63-4.14)	0.007
AJCC Stage	0.95 (0.75-1.21)	0.676	-	-
LN dissection	0.87 (0.53-1.42)	0.595	-	-
Age	1.34 (0.66-2.70)	0.471	-	-
Gender	2.02 (0.85-4.78)	0.141	3.13 (0.85-11.1)	0.187

HR: Hazard ratio; CI: Confidence interval; HGB: Hemoglobin; ALB: Albumin; AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer; LN: Lymph node; DT: Drainage tube; CA: Chylous ascites.